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Mike McCaul: “The stakes are too high in Afghanistan for the Afghan people, for the region, and for U.S. national security interests.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
The stakes are too high in Afghanistan for the Afghan people, for the region, and for U.S. national security interests.
Said by
Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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Highlighting the critical situation in Afghanistan and its implications for U.S. security.

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