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Ami Bera: The alternative, should we choose to stay, was for the Taliban to resume attacks.

On the recordSeptember 12, 2021
The alternative, should we choose to stay, was for the Taliban to resume attacks.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

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Bera explains the rationale behind the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.

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