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Pentagon: US to look at own role in Afghan graft

By Associated Press
Friday, November 20, 2009 -
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

He said the U.S. can exert the most leverage when it is signing the checks.

 
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