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Gerry Connolly: “Is it not also true that under President Trump and Ambassador Khalilzad, those negotiations led to the release of five…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
Is it not also true that under President Trump and Ambassador Khalilzad, those negotiations led to the release of five thousand Taliban prisoners, many of whom we'd tagged as terrorists.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly highlights the consequences of Trump-era negotiations with the Taliban.

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