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On the recordApril 16, 2013
if we do, the Afghan government will never truly be sovereign, will never truly be stable and will never truly have the respect of the Afghan people that it needs to be the sustainable government that we need it to be.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith argues that prolonged U.S. presence in Afghanistan undermines the sovereignty and stability of the Afghan government.

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