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On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
we can never again allow the terrorists to use Afghanistan as a training ground and a launching pad for terrorist attacks against our homeland or that of our allies.
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Young stresses the need to prevent Afghanistan from being a terrorist base.

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