Barack Obama said "And we are now going to be spending at least $200 billion in Iraq, and we have lost over 1,300 lives and it is counting." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 18, 2005

And we are now going to be spending at least $200 billion in Iraq, and we have lost over 1,300 lives and it is counting.

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Discussing the costs and consequences of the Iraq war.

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