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Raphael Warnock: One of the key components of U.S. strategic failure in the war was an inability to develop reliable and preferable…

On the recordOctober 4, 2021
One of the key components of U.S. strategic failure in the war was an inability to develop reliable and preferable options for Afghans to build an economy that is not based on illicit drugs or minerals.
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia

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Warnock discusses U.S. failures in supporting Afghan economic development.

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