06/08/2021
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"Would you agree with me that the number of troops in any theater is not an end, but it is a means to an end..."
"If we don't get this residual force right to continue the momentum, Afghanistan will fall apart quicker than Iraq."
"I cannot, in good conscience, vote to continue this operation."
"General Austin always had a firm view that we needed--18,000 to 20,000 is what he first said."