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Patrick Leahy: “We spent 42 trillion in Iraq, and he was wondering, you know, that money might have been spent in other places.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2014
We spent 42 trillion in Iraq, and he was wondering, you know, that money might have been spent in other places.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy reflects on the financial priorities of the U.S. government.

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