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Elizabeth Warren: “America has spent literally tens of billions of dollars…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Senator Warren on Iran Deal, Fed's Warsh and SpaceX IPO

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

But it sounds like Iran is going to come out of this with more money, with, they claim, an opportunity to get fees through the Strait of Hormuz, which Donald Trump somehow says it's not the same as tolls. And so there we are. America has spent literally tens of billions of dollars halfway around the world. 14American service members have died, uncounted numbers of people in the Middle east have died. And Donald Trump still can't explain how one family in America is any better off. (01:40–01:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. has spent tens of billions of dollars in the Middle East.

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