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Barack Obama: Free, fair, and credible elections would be critical to Afghanistan's future.

On the recordJune 24, 2013
Free, fair, and credible elections would be critical to Afghanistan's future.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Readout of President Obama's Video Teleconference with President Karzai

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