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[The Abu Ghraib prison scandal is] the key reason, the sole reason, that I was forced to retire. I was essentially not offered another position in either a three-star or four-star command.

— Ricardo Sanchez

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Source: As quoted in "November Off To Bloody Start In Iraq" (2 November 2006), by Alfonso Serrano, CBS News.
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