John Kerry: “we do not have military forces in Afghanistan in order to allow…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010

we do not have military forces in Afghanistan in order to allow children to go to school

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Kerry clarifies the primary military objective in Afghanistan is security, not education.

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John Kerry: “we do not have military forces in Afghanistan in order to allow children to go to school”