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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
You voted for a war in Iraq which some people will think will cost two or three trillion dollars, but you forgot to pay for that war.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders points out the financial irresponsibility of voting for the Iraq war without funding it.

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