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Adam Smith: “But I think that risk has been greatly exaggerated.”

On the recordMay 30, 2014
But I think that risk has been greatly exaggerated.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith argues that the risks of releasing Taliban members have been overstated.

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