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John McCain: I hope that we will not view this as simply an exercise in counterterrorism, because it is a counterinsurgency.

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
I hope that we will not view this as simply an exercise in counterterrorism, because it is a counterinsurgency.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain warns against oversimplifying the conflict in Afghanistan as merely counterterrorism.

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