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Bill Delahunt: We cut and ran from Afghanistan. We were distracted by this vision, this neoconservative vision of invading Iraq and…

On the recordJuly 10, 2006
We cut and ran from Afghanistan. We were distracted by this vision, this neoconservative vision of invading Iraq and bringing stability and democracy to the Middle East. And yet now, now we are paying the price in Afghanistan. I yield back to my friend.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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