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On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
I think the figure was used that 10 percent of the economy is really generated internally, and so that 90 percent is from the outside, from the United States and from all of this aid from our military efforts.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Senator Udall highlights Afghanistan's dependency on external aid for its economy.

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