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On the recordAugust 15, 2021
I thought, the part of the speech, the bulk of the speech in which he made the case for why we had to leave Afghanistan was very powerful and very compelling.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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David Axelrod comments on the effectiveness of President Biden's argument for the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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