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On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
If we had left, as we have left Iraq and now we see what's happening, and we're--contemplating Afghanistan, downsizing--if we'd have had that same knowing hindsight, if it is 20-20--what would Korea look like today if we had left, 60 years after the Korean war?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions the consequences of withdrawing from South Korea similar to Iraq.

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