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Steve Cohen: I said, in response to the gentleman from Rhode Island, you have said these funds, all $375 million, were needed to get…

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
I said, in response to the gentleman from Rhode Island, you have said these funds, all $375 million, were needed to get our troops out of Afghanistan. Are we building, like, runways to get all our troops out, roads to get them out?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Jul 18, 2012

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