Richard Lugar actually said...

it is a lot cheaper to maintain a certain number of Afghan forces than it is to maintain the number of United States and coalition forces required to compensate for their absence.

Context

Lugar emphasizes cost-effectiveness of supporting Afghan forces over U.S. troops.

12/08/2009

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