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Live Special: The American Century w/ David Miliband

Past Present Future

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The War on Terror: A Strategic Mistake

I was the school's minister in 2003 and I voted for the war, I supported the government's position. There's no question in my mind about quite how serious a mistake that was. And so I think you're absolutely right to raise it and it's on the charge sheet. But we've also got to recognize that there's one other thing going on as I look at the global politics. One is this fragmentation that's powered in part by the rise of other countries but also by charges against the West. Our world is far more interconnected than ever before. The stakes are very, very high because we've got to make up for lost time in all sorts of areas to do with those

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