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Carl Levin: “The cost of even a 400,000 Afghan security force is a tiny, tiny fraction of what the cost is of having our forces in…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2011
The cost of even a 400,000 Afghan security force is a tiny, tiny fraction of what the cost is of having our forces in Afghanistan.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin compares costs of Afghan security forces to U.S. military expenditures.

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