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Lindsey Graham: “If it were up to the Kurds, there would be 50,000 American troops in Kurdistan.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
If it were up to the Kurds, there would be 50,000 American troops in Kurdistan.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham emphasizes Kurdish support for U.S. troops in Iraq.

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