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Ron Klein: “The cost per day that the war is costing us, if you will, $339 million per day. That is a staggering amount of money.…”

On the recordApril 16, 2008
The cost per day that the war is costing us, if you will, $339 million per day. That is a staggering amount of money. Now, again, I'm not here to say that we don't have to fight wars, or don't have to do the necessary things to protect Americans. But when we come to the conclusion, as most Americans have, that the strategy of keeping the men and women in place the way they are is not advancing our national security, we should question whether that money is being well-spent.
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Ron Klein
Florida

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Discussing the financial cost of the war and its implications for national security.

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