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Jim Risch: “At the end of the day, it is Afghans who need to be the agents, with our help, but the agents of their own liberation.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
At the end of the day, it is Afghans who need to be the agents, with our help, but the agents of their own liberation.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the importance of Afghan leadership in their own liberation from the Taliban.

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