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Lindsey Graham: “The biggest blow really to the Taliban and al Qaeda is girls going to school.”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
The biggest blow really to the Taliban and al Qaeda is girls going to school.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham argues that education for girls undermines extremist groups.

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