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War Termination in Afghanistan

Hearing on "After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan"

Testimony by Stephen Biddle

October 29, 2013

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In his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa & Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Stephen Biddle argues that short term success in Afghanistan is less important than the United States' ability to secure its long term interests beyond 2014.

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