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Claire McCaskill: the reason we have these unusual situations in Iraq and Afghanistan is because there was a decision made that nationals…

On the recordJune 9, 2009
the reason we have these unusual situations in Iraq and Afghanistan is because there was a decision made that nationals were too dangerous.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill discusses the hiring of foreign workers due to security concerns.

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