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Barack Obama: “We have to end the war in Iraq. It costs us 9 billions to $10 billion a month.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2008
We have to end the war in Iraq. It costs us 9 billions to $10 billion a month.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the financial burden of the Iraq war and his commitment to ending it.

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