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Remembering those we should not forget
Mark Sappenfield
When does responsibility end? That鈥檚 a question in my story today about colleagues who worked with the Monitor in Afghanistan and are still there, at great risk.聽
America鈥檚 time in Afghanistan involved many difficult questions with no easy answers. But responsibility is, at its core, a matter of trust. We put our trust in these colleagues to protect us. Can we now protect them? We continue to work to bring them to safety, and today鈥檚 article is an attempt to ensure they are not forgotten. But the need remains, as does the hope of an answer.聽
