Billionaire Erik Prince Charges $6,500 Per Person To Evacuate Afghanistan: Report
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Asked to respond to the Blackwater founder's offer, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said no one "with a heart and soul" would do such a thing.
Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of military contractor Blackwater, is charging $6,500 per seat on a chartered plane out of Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Prince told the newspaper that $6,500 covered getting the passenger into the airport as well, though the paper noted that it was not clear whether he actually had the ability to accomplish such maneuvering. White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized Prince — whose company made millions from the war in Afghanistan — when asked about his decision to charge desperate Afghans thousands of dollars to escape a potential death sentence.
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