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On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
Conversely, there is nothing that strategic competitors like China and Russia or adversaries like Iran and North Korea would have liked more than for the United States to re-up a 20-year war.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken warns that extending the war would benefit U.S. adversaries.

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