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Dick Lugar: It's sort of an interesting divide in which vital national interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan with its focus on…

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
It's sort of an interesting divide in which vital national interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan with its focus on counterinsurgency and the stability of fragile governments are juxtaposed with a populations that could be a force for stabilization, but that is interested in development and economic growth.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar discusses the contrast between U.S. military interests and local desires for development.

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