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Marco Rubio: “If the United States were to pursue the zero option, completely withdraw, or even if we were to withdraw, potentially…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2013
If the United States were to pursue the zero option, completely withdraw, or even if we were to withdraw, potentially, to a level below a certain number, would it be safe to say that, between 18 and 24 months, we would see, potentially, all-out civil war and perhaps even the return of al-Qaeda and the Taliban to Afghanistan?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio questions the risks of a complete U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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