On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
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.
Tom Harkin: “So this is half the GDP. I'm just saying, if you were spending that much on reconstruction in the United States, half…”
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Harkin emphasizes the scale of spending in Iraq versus the U.S.
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