On the recordDecember 12, 2005
We have spent $277 billion in this deployment. We have $50 billion sitting on the table. They're going ask for another $100 billion next year.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn Murtha: “We have spent $277 billion in this deployment. We have $50 billion sitting on the table. They're going ask for another…”
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Murtha highlights the financial costs of the Iraq war and the need for Iraqis to take responsibility for their own security.
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