House Proceeding 09-29-09 on Sep 29th, 2009 :: 0:03:05 to 0:03:50
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James P. McGovern: conversations off the f the gentleman from massachusetts, proceed. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, president obama will soon decide whether to significantly escalate the number of u.s. troops deployed to afghanistan. i urge him to exercise extreme caution and not increase americas military footprint in afghanistan. i was in afghanistan right after the election

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: everyone admits there was massive fraud and the corruption is widespread in the government. do we really expect to achieve long-term sustainable development in afghanistan when the people have sno confidence in their leaders? can we develop and train a credible afghan security force when many of its leaders are allied with warlords and drug lords? last friday 57 bipartisan

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James P. McGovern: members of congress sent a letter to the president asking him not to increase the number of u.s. combat troops in afghanistan and the -- in the absence of a well-defined military exit strategy. if we're going to send our men