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Walter B. Jones: “I think we owe them, based on our constitutional responsibility, after 16 years, to review where we are in Afghanistan.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
I think we owe them, based on our constitutional responsibility, after 16 years, to review where we are in Afghanistan.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Calls for a review of U.S. policy in Afghanistan after years of military involvement.

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