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Arlen Specter: We Should Not Send More Troops To Afghanistan

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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The Washington Independent :

On a blogger conference call this afternoon, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced he can't support a potential addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. "We ought not to add troops in Afghanistan," Specter said, adding that he questioned "even staying" in Afghanistan unless the administration demonstrates that continuing the war is "indispensable to our fight against al-Qaeda."

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On a blogger conference call this afternoon, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced he can't support a potential addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. "We ought not to add troops in Afghanistan," Spec...
On a blogger conference call this afternoon, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced he can't support a potential addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. "We ought not to add troops in Afghanistan," Spec...
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