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Claire McCaskill: “Lives have been lost. Families across this great Nation grieve as I speak for members of their families that have been…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
Lives have been lost. Families across this great Nation grieve as I speak for members of their families that have been killed fighting counterinsurgencies.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill acknowledges the human cost of counterinsurgency efforts.

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