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Jack Reed: “Violence and progress coexist in Afghanistan, and sometimes the violence blinds us to the progress.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2010
Violence and progress coexist in Afghanistan, and sometimes the violence blinds us to the progress.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed discusses the coexistence of violence and progress in Afghanistan.

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