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On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
So, let me ask you one more question, Secretary Austin. Knowing what we know now, if we would have stayed for one more year, would it have made a fundamental difference?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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msnbc.com

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Senator Warren questions Secretary Austin about the potential impact of staying in Afghanistan for an additional year.

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