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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Would you talk about those two aspects, and would you support a few thousand more American troops to get the job done in this mission?
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker asks about the need for additional troops in Afghanistan.

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