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Robert C. Byrd: “Why is the cost per troop in Afghanistan so much higher?”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
Why is the cost per troop in Afghanistan so much higher?
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
congress.gov
Sep 22, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the disparity in troop costs between Afghanistan and Iraq.

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