As we came out of the housing crash rubble, one mini-narrative that emerged on the left was the rottenness of interest-rate swap deals.

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The advantage though is that we now have the opportunity to create an Army that is not tainted by the various aspects of rottenness that characterized the old Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein - the corruption, the cruelty, the abuse by the senior officers of the junior people, the lack of professionalism, the politicization.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations