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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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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Jan 18, 2005

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the costs and consequences of the Iraq war.

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