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Sen. Lugar: Keeping Major U.S. Presence In Afghanistan Is Not 'Rational'

Susan Crabtree | May 3, 2011, 10:21AM


Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Obama administration to significantly scale back U.S. resources and military commitment in Afghanistan given the bleak chances for establishing a flourishing, stable democracy there any time soon.

"It's exceedingly difficult to conclude that our vast expenditures in Afghanistan represent a rational" strategy, Lugar said during opening remarks at a Tuesday hearing on the future of Afghanistan.

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Topics: Afghanistan, Afghanistan Corruption, Hamid Karzai, John Kerry, Osama bin Laden, Pakistani Taliban, Richard Lugar, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Bob Perry

Mystery Solved! Swift-Boat Backer Wrote Check To AL GOP, Says Pawlenty

Zachary Roth | February 9, 2010, 2:27PM


Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) with Bob Perry and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad.

Well, that didn't take long.

We just told you about a $100,000 check, from an anonymous donor, delivered last week by Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty to the Alabama GOP. Who was that mystery funder, we asked.

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Topics: Bob Perry, John Kerry, Robo-calls, Swiftboating, Tim Pawlenty

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