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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transcripts.cnn.com“If we can spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, we can spend $10 billion here in the United States of America.”
Obama argues for prioritizing domestic infrastructure spending over military spending.
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