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On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
The responsibility to go after those forces in Afghanistan is your responsibility, as the commander of operations there?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Asking about the commander's responsibility regarding terrorist forces in Afghanistan.

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