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On the recordApril 11, 2011
The Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction tells us that we have spent as American taxpayers $1.5 billion between 2002 and last year on counterdrug activities in Afghanistan alone, $1.5 billion.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman highlights significant U.S. spending on counterdrug efforts in Afghanistan.

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