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Lindsey Graham: The time, the money, and the casualties we're going to sustain in Afghanistan are necessary and important to make sure…

On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
The time, the money, and the casualties we're going to sustain in Afghanistan are necessary and important to make sure that Afghanistan does not become, in the future, a safe haven for terrorism to strike this country again.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham argues for the necessity of U.S. investment in Afghanistan to prevent terrorism.

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