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Lindsey Graham: “To start withdrawing troops would be equivalent to surrendering in the central battle front in the war on terror.”

On the recordNovember 12, 2006
To start withdrawing troops would be equivalent to surrendering in the central battle front in the war on terror.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham rejects the idea of withdrawing troops, equating it to surrendering in the war on terror.

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