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Dick Lugar: Ultimately, we can influence events in Pakistan, but we cannot decide them.

On the recordMay 20, 2009
Ultimately, we can influence events in Pakistan, but we cannot decide them.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar emphasizes the limits of U.S. influence in Pakistan.

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