Biden Keeps Getting Tongue Tied During Answer on Voting for Iraq War: ‘Excuse Me’

‘Joe I — excuse me’

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you also might remember at the same time, Joe, what happened was — excuse me -- what would happen was there was this great surge to go into Afghanistan. I -- it’s now public so I can talk about it -- I argued strenuously against sending tens of thousands of troops to Afghanistan. I went there, I went all over that country. I concluded that you could never unify that country. Nation building wasn't our responsibility there. Dealing with a small footprint of special forces to make sure that we did not allow another al Qaeda operation to rise up and attack America again was what we should be doing. I worked with the Pakistanis to try to make sure that they would cooperate, which they didn’t do very much. But sending large troops there doesn't matter. Joe I — I mean, excuse me. I -- I --" [crosstalk]
SCARBOROUGH: "Mike. Yeah, Mike."
BIDEN: "I carry with me in my pocket my schedule. Mike, I’m sorry. I was thinking of -- I can’t see you guys.” 

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