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Chris Murphy: “If you believe in the limits of American power as a catalyst for change abroad absent a local commitment to do so, the…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2015
If you believe in the limits of American power as a catalyst for change abroad absent a local commitment to do so, the last 15 years in Afghanistan are, certainly, proof of that concept.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses the limitations of U.S. power in effecting change in Afghanistan.

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