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On the recordApril 11, 2016
In pulling our troops out of Iraq, where we have sacrificed so much, without a comprehensive strategy to fill the vacuum of influence that is left, we would suffer a monumental loss of face.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Lindsey Graham warns against withdrawing troops from Iraq without a strategy.

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