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Holbrooke: Afghanistan is no Vietnam

 

Published 3/29/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, appeared on State of the Union Sunday. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Just days after President Obama announced his comprehensive plan for the next phase of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, a senior diplomat in the new administration sought to put to rest any comparison between Afghanistan [...] (link)

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