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On the recordApril 22, 2009
I voted in favor of the authorization to use military force in Afghanistan, because that was where al-Qaeda, which had planned and carried out the attacks of September 11, was based.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold explains his support for military action in Afghanistan post-9/11.

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