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Pakistan Border Closing Costing US Over $3M a Day

Alternative route costs $100M extra a month, Panetta says

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 14, 2012 2:27 AM CDT | Updated Jun 14, 2012 4:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Pakistan's closure of its border with Afghanistan to NATO convoys is costing the US an extra $100 million a month to get supplies in, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a Senate committee yesterday. Pakistan closed the border late last year after a cross-border strike...   Read full story »

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