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Mike Rogers: “We have to have a base somewhere in Afghanistan.”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Republican | U.S. House Alabama, District 3

Rogers Speaks at Press Conference on Afghanistan

Published September 22, 2021 | Video Starts at 02:56

We all know the Taliban is nothing but a Pakistan proxy, and we don't know that we'll continue to have that privilege. We have to have a base somewhere in Afghanistan. This idea that one of the other stands is going to allow us to have basing Russia and China will never let that happen. We have to have something in the stands. (02:56–03:00)

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Asserts the necessity of having a U.S. base in Afghanistan for strategic purposes.

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