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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
I believe we have, and that is this program, addressed specifically to people in Iraq and in Afghanistan who have gone to work with us, who put their lives on the line for us, who put their families on the line by their association with us, deserve our every effort, if they qualify, to bring them to the United States and out of harm's way.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken emphasizes the obligation to support those who assisted the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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