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On the recordMarch 7, 2023
It was not President Biden who decided to meet with the Taliban and to exclude the government we were supporting from those negotiations in Doha. It was President Trump.
Said by
Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly emphasizes that Trump's decisions led to the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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