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Mike McCaul: “The Taliban will offer any number of commitments, knowing that when we were gone and the Taliban is back, we will have…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
The Taliban will offer any number of commitments, knowing that when we were gone and the Taliban is back, we will have no means of enforcing any of them.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul emphasizes the unreliability of Taliban commitments in peace negotiations.

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