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On the recordJune 17, 2014
What most of us advocated and we are seeing this movie in Iraq is that by announcing a complete withdrawal, that we encourage the Taliban.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain argues that withdrawal signals encouragement to the Taliban.

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