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Leon Panetta: I believe our strategy in Afghanistan is critical to the disruption, dismantlement, and ultimate defeat of al-Qa'ida.

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
I believe our strategy in Afghanistan is critical to the disruption, dismantlement, and ultimate defeat of al-Qa'ida.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta emphasizes the importance of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan for national security.

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