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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
if we're smart and we do this right, conditions-based withdrawal, we can leave behind a stable country that can help defend the American Homeland, or, we can leave behind a disaster that will haunt us for decades?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham warns about the potential consequences of a poorly managed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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