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On the recordDecember 8, 2009
Do we have a matrix? Do we have specific objectives, benchmarks, whatever you want to call them, that we will be using to determine where we are next summer, as to whether we are prepared to withdraw?
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the clarity of objectives for U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

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