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Mitch McConnell: We`re less safe as a result of this self-inflicted wound. This was an unforced error. A foreign policy, blunder…

On the recordAugust 31, 2021
We`re less safe as a result of this self-inflicted wound. This was an unforced error. A foreign policy, blunder, gargantuan proportion.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky
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msnbc.com

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Mitch McConnell criticizes the Biden administration's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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