On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
The purpose of war is to build a better peace, but America built nothing in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal.
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congress.govThe purpose of war is to build a better peace, but America built nothing in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal.
Lugar emphasizes the failure to build peace in Afghanistan post-Soviet withdrawal.
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