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On the recordApril 7, 2014
We went into Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11, and I would remind my fellow citizens and my colleagues, we went in virtually unanimously.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker emphasizes bipartisan support for the Afghanistan intervention post-9/11.

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