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On the recordSeptember 10, 2007
So you're saying to the Congress that you know that at least 60 soldiers, airmen and Marines, are likely to be killed every month from now to July, that we're going to spend $9 billion a month of American taxpayer dollars? And when it's all said and done, we'll still have 100,000 people there. Do you believe it's worth it in terms of our national security interests to pay that price?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham questions the cost and human toll of military engagement in Iraq.

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