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On the recordNovember 8, 2007
I just have one question for the Senator from New Hampshire. As I understand it, the President is going to ask for $196 billion for 1 more year in the war in Iraq, not paid for. So would the Senator be voting against the President's request for $196 billion, unpaid for, to continue the war in Iraq?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning funding for the Iraq war during a Senate debate.

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