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Lindsey Graham: “My statement to the committee is that on paper there's a disaster in the making, to our Homeland and to losing all the…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
My statement to the committee is that on paper there's a disaster in the making, to our Homeland and to losing all the gains we've fought for inside of Afghanistan, by drawing down too quick and not being able to help the Afghans in a reasonable fashion.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham warns about the risks of rapid troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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