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Hillary Clinton: I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving, but what we have done--and I think it was an appropriate…

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving, but what we have done--and I think it was an appropriate position for the President to take--is to signal very clearly, to all audiences, that the United States is not interested in occupying Afghanistan.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton clarifies that the U.S. is not committed to permanent occupation of Afghanistan.

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