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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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