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Lawmakers Introduce Measure for Afghan Withdrawal

HeadlineApr 15, 2010

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a measure calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. On Wednesday, Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin joined Democratic Congress member Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Republican Congress member Walter Jones of North Carolina in calling for a “flexible” timetable for a US withdrawal. The measure also calls for increasing oversight of taxpayer-funded contractors in Afghanistan.

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