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Bob Corker: our efforts toward al-Qaeda have now created a situation where we're involved in two major…

On the recordSeptember 16, 2009
our efforts toward al-Qaeda have now created a situation where we're involved in two major nation-building/state-building efforts--Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker highlights the challenges of U.S. involvement in nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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