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Cato Audio • October 1, 2021 

# Will Ruger, President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan on the rocky but necessary exit from Afghanistan 

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##### [William Ruger](/people/william-ruger)

President, American Institute for Economic Research, and Research Fellow, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute