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Jeanne Shaheen: “The Iraq withdrawal experience taught us two things: to begin planning earlier and to consider all possibilities.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
The Iraq withdrawal experience taught us two things: to begin planning earlier and to consider all possibilities.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses lessons learned from Iraq for the Afghanistan withdrawal.

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