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Barack Obama: If we can spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, we can spend $10 billion here in the United States of America.

On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
If we can spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, we can spend $10 billion here in the United States of America.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama argues for prioritizing domestic infrastructure spending over military spending.

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