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Gary Peters: “We are spending a reported $1 billion per day on [the…”

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Gary Peters Warns About Rising U.S. National Debt, Calls for Urgent Action

Published | Video Starts at 03:44

We won't reduce our debt by continuing the President's war in Iran. Not only are we sending our sons and daughters into harm's way, We are spending a reported $1 billion per day on [the President's war in Iran]. a conflict that Congress has not approved and the American people simply did not ask for. The time for bipartisan action to address our growing national debt is right now. (03:44–03:50)

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Asserts that $1 billion per day is being spent on the conflict in Iran.

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