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Leon Panetta said...

I think he brings some authority to the table, because the one thing that Taliban does remember very well is the role of the C.I.A. in going after the Taliban.

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Panetta comments on the leverage that CIA Director Bill Burns has in negotiations with the Taliban.

08/23/2021

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