That has led to charges by Republicans the economic recovery is an illusion, funded by inefficient government spending that has weakened America's long-term economic position by vastly expanding the national debt.

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"It is complex difficult terrain, both the land and the people, it is a tribal society with a culture vastly different from what most of us are familiar with and it varies around the country, so you cannot assume what is true in one province is true in another,".

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