Tom Harkin said...

So this is half the GDP. I'm just saying, if you were spending that much on reconstruction in the United States, half the GDP, it would be $5 trillion in 1 year in the United States.

Context

Harkin emphasizes the scale of spending in Iraq versus the U.S.

09/22/2003

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