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On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
If you are an American out there and you are spending all this money on Afghanistan, you see the cross being burned and the President being burned in effigy, that is certainly not reassuring.
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham highlights the negative perception of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.

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