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On the recordNovember 28, 2012
We turned around and walked away from Afghanistan when we shouldn't have and al-Qaeda rose up in that place.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Mike Kelly criticizes the withdrawal from Afghanistan and its consequences.

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