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Lindsey Graham: “If you're wanting to deter the Iranians from acquiring a nuclear capability, if we abandon Afghanistan, that's the worst…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
If you're wanting to deter the Iranians from acquiring a nuclear capability, if we abandon Afghanistan, that's the worst possible signal you could send to the Iranians about our resolve regarding national security matters.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham warns that abandoning Afghanistan would weaken U.S. deterrence against Iran.

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