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[email protected] PAGE 4 PRESS&DAKOTAN The Press Dakotan THE DAKOTAS’ OLDEST NEWSPAPER | FOUndED 1861 Yankton Media, Inc., 319 Walnut St., Yankton, SD 57078 CONTACT US OPINION PHONE: (605) 665-7811 (800) 743-2968 NEWS FAX: The US And A (605) 665-1721 ADVERTISING FAX: (605) 665-0288 ‘Flypaper’ War WEBSITE: www.yankton.net ––––– ast week’s announcement that the U.S. would not be with- SUBSCRIPTIONS/ drawing the remainder of its troops from Afghanistan by CIRCULATION the end of next year, as President Barack Obama had long Extension 104 envisioned and the public had long hoped, may well mean Lthat this nation will have a presence in Afghanistan for many years
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[email protected] 11, 2001, attacks. ADVERTISING DEPT. The decision also promises to extend what is now the longest Extension 122 What Is Trump’s war in our nation’s history.