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Mike Lee: [The Taliban] are not taking territory or meeting any strategic goals that they set out for themselves initially. They…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
[The Taliban] are not taking territory or meeting any strategic goals that they set out for themselves initially. They are going to take a district and they are going to lose it. They are going to take another district center and lost it too.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Mike Lee questions the effectiveness of U.S. strategies in stabilizing Afghanistan against Taliban gains.

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