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Dick Lugar: “The strategy that President Obama adopted after very serious consideration... was not a good position to find the United…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
The strategy that President Obama adopted after very serious consideration... was not a good position to find the United States of America in.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar discusses the challenges faced by President Obama in Afghanistan.

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