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My skepticism about America’s ability to deny sanctuary to al-Qaeda by denying them sanctuary in Afghanistan has been well documented during hearings by the House Armed Services Committee since the United States helped the Afghans topple the tyrannical Taliban government in 2001. That is because when we are successful in Afghanistan, that will not have denied sanctuary to al Qaeda because they will simply go over into Pakistan. 

If not there, they'll go to Yemen and Somalia. Even so, there are two compelling reasons why I am certain it would be dangerously wrong to precipitously withdraw American military forces from Afghanistan as Congressman Dennis Kucinich and others advocate.

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