We started in Afghanistan because we thought that's where al-Qaeda was, and we wanted to disrupt any further activity that might threaten us in the United States of America.
Dick Lugar: “We started in Afghanistan because we thought that's where al-Qaeda was, and we wanted to disrupt any further activity…”
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Lugar discusses the origins of the war in Afghanistan related to al-Qaeda.
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