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On the recordJuly 6, 2009
It makes our job that much harder, and then we end up launching a drone or a missile, and 18 or 19 civilians are killed, and then we are the bad guys.
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

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Burris highlights the challenges posed by the Taliban's tactics in civilian areas.

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