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Lynn C. Woolsey: That's 125 months that we have been sending brave young men and women to be maimed and killed in a conflict that is not…

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
That's 125 months that we have been sending brave young men and women to be maimed and killed in a conflict that is not advancing our values but actually degrading them.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

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Criticizing the prolonged war in Afghanistan and its impact on U.S. values.

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