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On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
as a result of our integrated efforts in 2010, we are setting the conditions . . . to begin a responsible, conditions-based U.S. troop reduction in July 2011.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand discusses the planned troop reduction in Afghanistan based on conditions.

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