HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING ON AFGHANISTAN
Earl Blumenauer, (D-3rd, OR) at a House International Relations Committee hearing on the current situation in Afghanistan Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2004. (UPI Photo/Greg Whitesell)
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