Reply #13: Since the Afghanistan discussion came at the end

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of the town hall, my guess is that the Globe reporter came late, or was not paying attention to the first half, which addressed issues such as need for improved rail transportation, help for an immigrant Iraqi (yes?) family with a son injured in the Iraq war, etcetc.
Really, the Globe's local political reporting is unbelievably lazy, at least with respect to our congressional representatives.