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Kendrick Meek: “I just could not believe that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would respond in that manner. I think that he is…”

On the recordJune 18, 2004
I just could not believe that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would respond in that manner. I think that he is a man of honor but also, at the same time, we are looking at the way the Taliban is being funded. And they said that they harvested the crop early. That is what he said. I was there. This is once again not the Tim Ryan report, this is what actually took place. It is very serious. I know that the Pentagon would like to save the lives of many troops, but it is some of the decisions that are being made at the top, not at the bottom, but at the top that is putting American lives at stake.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Addressing concerns about military decisions affecting troop safety and Taliban funding.

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