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Rob Portman: If the decision was made to pull out, it should not have been a precipitous, chaotic, and unfortunately deadly…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
If the decision was made to pull out, it should not have been a precipitous, chaotic, and unfortunately deadly departure.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman criticizes the chaotic nature of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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