Muna 1980, Wilson akaverenga tsamba yeAssociated Press pamusoro pemagetsi ekongiresi achirondedzera vapoteri vaitiza Soviet-yakagarwa neAfghanistan. Iyo komisheni Democratic Republic yeAfghanistan yakanga yatora masimba panguva yeSaur Revolution ndokumbira Soviet Union kuti ibatsire kudzvinyirira kurwisa kubva kuMujahedin. Sekureva kwemunyori wehupenyu George Crile III, Wilson akadana vashandi veUnited States House Committee on Appropriations vaibata ne "nhema nhema" uye vakakumbira kuwedzerwa kaviri kweAfghanistan.
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