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On the recordMay 6, 2013
Although it is a different branch of government doing it, when we are training soldiers in a country that is supposedly our ally, and they turn around and shoot us, we should ask ourselves what in the world we are doing.
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the effectiveness of training foreign soldiers who may turn against the U.S.

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