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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
But we cannot leave. We did that once. We left the region after the Soviet withdrawal and we paid a major price for that.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman warns against withdrawing from Afghanistan, citing past consequences.

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