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On the recordJune 17, 2014
By 2016, we're down to an Embassy force. There is no residual force.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham emphasizes the reduction of U.S. forces in Afghanistan by 2016.

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