07/12/2017
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"I would not support keeping troops behind, because it would be a needless risk of American lives."
"So in your view, if we left Afghanistan with no residual force, we could see a replay of the Iraq scenario?"
"It's very disturbing to me to hear the President say that the longer Karzai waits the lower the number of troops will be."
"If we leave at the end of 2014, the ANSF will begin to deteriorate."