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On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
In my experience as an infantry officer on the ground in Iraq, there were many times when I was asked to do jobs that I was unprepared for and untrained for, because they were State Department jobs, but the State Department wasn't there.
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Seth Moulton
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Highlights the lack of State Department presence affecting military operations.

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