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Lindsey Graham: “About 55 percent of the American people in polls said that they did not support us staying in Afghanistan.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
About 55 percent of the American people in polls said that they did not support us staying in Afghanistan.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham references public opinion against continued military presence in Afghanistan.

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