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Cord Byrd: Wasn't the President saying, in essence, that our troops should stay there until these benchmarks have been achieved? In…

On the recordJune 24, 1998
Wasn't the President saying, in essence, that our troops should stay there until these benchmarks have been achieved? In essence, wasn't he saying that?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning the President's stance on troop deployment and benchmarks.

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