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Scott Bessent: “US Foreign policy got up course at a point in Afghanistan…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 37:47

And the cost benefit analysis very clearly says this is where we should be spending our money. Look, I couldn't agree more. US Foreign policy got up course at a point in Afghanistan that it became a social mission. And the mission was, okay, we have to do this in the schools and we have to have these goals. And now, like, Afghanistan's fallen back into ruin. (37:47–37:57)

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Asserts that U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan shifted to a social mission, deviating from its original course.

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