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Larry Kissell: “We have spent $32 billion in reconstruction in Afghanistan, but, as Mr. Marshall pointed out, reconstruction from what?”

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
We have spent $32 billion in reconstruction in Afghanistan, but, as Mr. Marshall pointed out, reconstruction from what?
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Larry Kissell
North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Kissell questions the effectiveness of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.

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