It strikes me that rather than an arbitrary date for leaving Afghanistan, it should be based upon conditions on the field.
Angus King: “It strikes me that rather than an arbitrary date for leaving Afghanistan, it should be based upon conditions on the…”
On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
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King advocates for a conditional approach to U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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