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On the recordMarch 13, 2012
We got Osama bin Laden. We have long since been supporting extensive nation-building.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy comments on the shift from the original mission to nation-building in Afghanistan.

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