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On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
As much as I agree with members of the committee that our strategy in Afghanistan should be conditions-based not calendar-based, I hope we will have a budget that is conditions-based, not calendar-based to a decision that was made in August of 2011.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the need for a budget aligned with current conditions in Afghanistan.

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