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On the recordMay 16, 2023
We would like to have some assurance--we're a very generous, generous nation--with money going in that is not going directly to the Taliban but, rather, to where it needs to go and I would say primarily the women and the girls left behind.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul emphasizes the need for aid to reach women and girls in Afghanistan.

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