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Jim McGovern: “We're at 22, $23 billion already on that war [in Iran] and…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Republicans are Wasting BILLIONS on Military Adventurism in the Middle East

Published | Video Starts at 32:37

All those, all that so called savings has just already been eliminated by what has been spent on the war in Iran. A billion dollars a day. I mean, We're at 22, $23 billion already on that war [in Iran] and we're not anywhere near done. So when they tell you that we can't deal with the fact that we have so many senior citizens in this country who can't afford to put food on the … (32:37–32:45)

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Asserts that $22-23 billion has been spent on the war in Iran.

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