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On the recordJune 27, 2011
when you have an operation that goes on for months, costs billions of dollars, where the United States is providing two-thirds of the troops even under the NATO fig leaf.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb highlights the extensive costs and U.S. involvement in military operations.

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