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On the recordAugust 18, 2008
We must also recognize that we cannot succeed in Afghanistan or secure America as long as there is a terrorist safe-haven in northwest Pakistan.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Orlando

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