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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
I hope you can reassure us about our ability to sustain the gains in security, health, education, and women and girls empowerment so that countless lives will not have been lost in vain.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey seeks assurance on maintaining progress in Afghanistan amidst military reductions.

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