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Joe Manchin: It is not a future I will seek, and it is not in Afghanistan's interests.

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
It is not a future I will seek, and it is not in Afghanistan's interests.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin expresses opposition to a future without U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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