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Tim Kaine: “One thing I would like to caution you, both in the State Department and all of us more broadly--and I would love to hear…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
One thing I would like to caution you, both in the State Department and all of us more broadly--and I would love to hear your response on it--is, do not let Iraq-Syria take our eyes off Afghanistan.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine warns against neglecting Afghanistan while focusing on Iraq and Syria.

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