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On the recordOctober 24, 2011
The previous administration low balled the cost of Iraq and Afghanistan and here we are well in excess of $1 trillion later.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly criticizes past miscalculations of military costs impacting U.S. debt.

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