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Dianne Feinstein: “I would respond just for a brief moment. I believe the total cost of World War II was $210 billion in real dollars. The…”

On the recordJune 21, 2006
I would respond just for a brief moment. I believe the total cost of World War II was $210 billion in real dollars. The cost thus far of just Iraq has been $320 billion; and if we include Afghanistan, my understanding is it is about $370 billion. So I did not mean it in terms of lives lost; I meant it in terms of dollars spent.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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