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Patrick Leahy: “How are you going to do that when a government in Kabul turns power over to warlords?”

On the recordApril 11, 2011
How are you going to do that when a government in Kabul turns power over to warlords?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy critiques the Afghan government's transfer of power to corrupt entities.

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