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Lindsey Graham: “Do you agree with me it would be in our national security interest to leave behind a military footprint that would have…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
Do you agree with me it would be in our national security interest to leave behind a military footprint that would have American air power available to the Afghan security forces and counterterrorism units to suppress the Taliban as far as the eye could see?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham argues for maintaining a military presence in Afghanistan for security purposes.

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