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Dana Rohrabacher: “If we wanted to eliminate the poppy production in Afghanistan, we could do it within a week.”

On the recordJune 19, 2018
If we wanted to eliminate the poppy production in Afghanistan, we could do it within a week.
Said by
Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Rohrabacher claims the U.S. could quickly eliminate opium production in Afghanistan.

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