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On the recordApril 16, 2013
I would hate to see us walk away--or be seen as waking away from those gains.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney expresses concern about abandoning progress made for women and girls in Afghanistan.

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