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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
It was the single most difficult part of the original SOFA to negotiate.
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Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · Michigan

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Slotkin discusses the challenges of negotiating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Iraq.

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