Signals Of More U.S. Involvement In Afghanistan

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May 04, 2017

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack targeting foreign troops in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province on May 1, 2017. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)

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After already spending billions of dollars and losing nearly 3,000 U.S. service members in Afghanistan, the Trump administration could be poised to increase U.S. involvement.

Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake (@EliLake) writes the debate over what President Trump should do in Afghanistan is being won by the interventionists. He joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss why.

This segment aired on May 4, 2017.

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