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The following is the second part of a 2-part story on Representative James E Smith’s military service in Afghanistan. 
Overall peace and stability in Afghanistan is an end that many would like to see. Reaching this goal is however, going to be a very long, complicated task. In discussing how to stabilize Afghanistan, Representative James Smith […]

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The following is the first part of a 2-part story on Representative James E Smith’s military service in Afghanistan.
Representative James Smith served in the Army for 12 months in Afghanistan. One story in particular sticks out in Representative James Smith’s mind. During a foot patrol in Qolat, he saw young girls walking to school. One […]

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Today, Representative James E. Smith agreed to conduct a video interview about the 1st session of the 118th General Assembly that convenes on January 13, 2009. In this interview, I asked the following four questions:

What do you hope to accomplish this session? (0:09)
What do you think the General Assembly’s main focus will be this session? […]

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