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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
I think it's remarkable, and I hope people listening today in the United States... are listening to the chairman of this committee, who made a profoundly remarkable opening statement.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker defends the chairman's statement on Afghanistan's success and American interests.

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