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Deborah Koff Ross: “We are currently spending about $10 billion a month, about $2.5 billion a week. You do the math. It is about $12 million…”

On the recordMay 15, 2007
We are currently spending about $10 billion a month, about $2.5 billion a week. You do the math. It is about $12 million an hour of your tax money we are sending to Iraq. What are they doing with it? Number one, they ought to be ensuring that our brave men and women in uniform get the best body armor available to them. There are reports out that indicate maybe that is not exactly the case. This was brought to my attention by John Grant from Pearcy, Arkansas, just outside of Hot Springs, in Garland County. His son is getting ready to go back for a second tour of duty. He visited a National Guard Armory where he actually saw body armor that was stamped ``Fragile, Handle With Care.'' It is time we did right by our brave men and women in uniform and provide them with the resources they need.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina
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Discussing military spending and the need for better body armor for troops.

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