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Senator Ayotte's Statement on President's Plan for Afghanistan Withdrawal

Statement

Date: June 22, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) released this statement following the President's address to the nation regarding his plan to begin withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan:

"While our troops should not stay in Afghanistan a day longer than our interests require, I don't believe we should impose arbitrary deadlines for withdrawal from Afghanistan. Such timetables encourage the terrorists to wait us out, and dissuade average Afghans from supporting their government and opposing our enemies."


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