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On the recordJuly 29, 2014
We need to find some way to contain that and hopefully get us to the point where we can have a peaceful and reasonably stable regime in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Smith calls for strategies to stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan amidst threats from terrorist groups.

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