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Tim Kaine: “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...”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
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...
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine discusses the role of troop numbers in achieving military objectives.

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