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Rand Paul: Do we need 100,000 fighters to stop 100 people?

On the recordJanuary 2, 2011
Do we need 100,000 fighters to stop 100 people?
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Rand Paul questions the necessity of a large military presence in Afghanistan given the small number of enemy combatants.

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