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I believe it is time for the United States to be out of Afghanistan.

I applaud the success in getting some kind of peace arrangement, but I think we've got to be clear-eyed that the likelihood is the Taliban will be in charge, that country will continue to be very impoverished, and the instability in that…

It is not unreasonable to expect that the Taliban that's managed to sustain itself is ultimately going to be in charge in Afghanistan.

The elected government in Afghanistan has had one backer, and that's essentially the United States.

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I think the reason they're in trouble is because they have put loyalty to Trump over loyalty to their country.

The only way Trump wins is to cheat, which is busy trying to do by wrecking the Post Office and all that kind of stuff.

I assume that both of you agree that that is an essential mission of the Post Office?

It was President Nixon in 1970 who had signed a very major postal reform bill to guarantee the independence of the Post Office.

I mean, obviously, you have the right to make political donations within the law, and I have no dispute with that.

I want to thank Postmaster General DeJoy. And I want to thank the chairman of the board, Mr. Duncan, for your patient answering of our questions.