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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 25, 2023
Due to the Administration's failure, many Americans saw the chaos of the withdrawal and felt a moral obligation to intervene.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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McCaul discusses the public's response to the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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