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On the recordJuly 6, 2016
I fail to see any strategic rationale for the withdrawal of 1,400 U.S. troops while the security situation remains, in the President's own word, 'precarious.'
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of troop withdrawal amidst a precarious security situation in Afghanistan.

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