Patrick Leahy actually said...

There is no way that impoverished, corrupt government can come up with that kind of money even assuming it wanted to.

Leahy highlights the financial challenges faced by the Afghan government for program sustainability.

02/27/2012

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Should there not be something in the supplemental if you have all of these hundreds of thousands of displaced Afghans?

So your answer is no to look at it.

I just want it for terrorism. I am worried about terrorism.

The Administration has decided to ask for $8 billion of assistance to foreign nations that it considers helpful in the war against Iraq.