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On the recordMarch 18, 2013
Today’s hearing falls on the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Ten years ago today our Nation entered a war that has now cost the American taxpayers more than $2 trillion.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings reflects on the financial burden of the Iraq war on taxpayers.

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