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Roger Wicker: “We are in Afghanistan because of 9/11.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2010
We are in Afghanistan because of 9/11.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker explains the rationale for U.S. presence in Afghanistan.

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