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Jack Reed: “There is a possibility that there could be a serious crisis of legitimacy that will impair the ability of a very…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
There is a possibility that there could be a serious crisis of legitimacy that will impair the ability of a very dysfunctional government to function at all.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Concerns about the Afghan government's legitimacy affecting its functionality.

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