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Lindsey Graham: “Is it possible at all to lose in Afghanistan and it not be catastrophic to the future of Pakistan?”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
Is it possible at all to lose in Afghanistan and it not be catastrophic to the future of Pakistan?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the implications of losing in Afghanistan on Pakistan's future.

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