ERITREANS RECEIVE MORE U.S. FOREIGN AID PER PERSON THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN AFRICA. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD NATION SAID HE AGREES THAT THE U.S. SHOULD CUT ITS FOREIGN AID PROGRAM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ERITREA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AMDEMICAEL KAHSAI, WHO EXPLAINS HIS NATION'S VIEW OF THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
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