Barack Obama Quotes

[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.

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• [Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Partner