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“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordAugust 31, 2021
I believe there should be accountability for what I see is probably the biggest failure in American government on a military stage in my lifetime.
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Kevin McCarthy
Republican · California
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Kevin McCarthy calls for accountability regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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