Marilyn Strickland said "But the President is putting it on America's children. I mean it is a puzzle to me. This is strange thinking, that we are willing to pile debt upon America's kids and we are not willing to expect Iraq, with these huge oil reserves, to bear some of the burden. And, remember, Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz told the Senate in March of this year that Iraq was such a wealthy country that they would be able to finance, in most part, their entire reconstruction. He said that in March." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But the President is putting it on America's children. I mean it is a puzzle to me. This is strange thinking, that we are willing to pile debt upon America's kids and we are not willing to expect Iraq, with these huge oil reserves, to bear some of the burden. And, remember, Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz told the Senate in March of this year that Iraq was such a wealthy country that they would be able to finance, in most part, their entire reconstruction. He said that in March.

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Marilyn Strickland

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Discussing the financial burden of Iraq's reconstruction on American children.

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