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U.S. says no to larger office for Afghan defense minister - The Washington Post
The United States is spending $92 million to build Afghanistan a new "Pentagon," a massive five-story military headquarters with domed roofs and a high-tech basement command center that will link Afghan generals with their troops fighting the Taliban across the country.
But when Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak asked for a bigger office in the building — a change that would cost about $300,000 — he got a firm "no" in response. These types of changes cost time and money, U.S. military officials said, and in Afghanistan both are in ever-shorter supply.