U.S. Can’t Simply Walk Away From Afghanistan, Crocker Says
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Ryan Crocker, the Obama administration’s nominee to be the ambassador to Afghanistan, said the U.S. can’t afford to abandon the region and let terrorists regain a haven for planning violence like the Sept. 11 attacks.
“The United States is not walking away from the region,” Crocker said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination. “We will not repeat the mistakes of the past.”