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Mike Rogers: “We want to know why specifically [Bagram Airfield] was…”

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

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Rogers Speaks at Roundtable on Afghanistan

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

Right now we have over 50amendments filed by Republican members that are running Afghanistan. We want to find out what happened to the equipment that was left behind. What was left behind. We want to know why specifically [Bagram Airfield] was abandoned. I know what it is, but we want to see it in record that it was the administration that decided we were going to reduce down to 600 troops. (00:12–00:16)

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Asserts the intention to investigate why Bagram Airfield was abandoned.

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