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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
This would create a security vacuum, and we have seen what fills similar kinds of vacuums in Syria and Iraq.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain warns about the dangers of reducing U.S. presence in Afghanistan prematurely.

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