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Jim Webb: “I think perhaps we may reach a point where we might encourage the Afghanis to examine their constitution that was…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
I think perhaps we may reach a point where we might encourage the Afghanis to examine their constitution that was arrived at, at the Bonn Conference in 2001.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb suggests revisiting Afghanistan's constitution to address local governance and corruption.

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