09/21/2024
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"I do support increasing our troop presence in Afghanistan as an insurance policy against another 9/11."
"If we are not in Afghanistan, you are going to pay a heavy price because that place will fall apart."
"The only thing more expensive than deterrence is actually fighting a war, and the only thing more expensive than fighting a war is fighting one and losing it."
"the cuts that Senator Durbin described are real and they will affect the ability to defend the Nation too."