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Price of the new Afghan plan
CNN's Wolf Blitzer discusses the cost of the U.S presence in Afghanistan with Vice President Biden's National Security Adviser Tony Blinken.
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BLITZER’S BLOG: What we didn’t hear from President Obama in Afghanistan
By Wolf Blitzer, CNN
Washington (CNN) – It was good that President Obama went to Afghanistan to thank the U.S. men and women serving in the military under very dangerous circumstances. I could see on their faces at Bagram Air Base that they were thrilled to meet with the commander in chief.
Unfortunately, some of the nearly 90,000 American troops still in Afghanistan will be killed or severely wounded. Others will come back to the United States suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other long-term ailments. The costs of this war will continue long after all U.S. combat troops are out of Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
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