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Lloyd Doggett: “Two to three trillion dollars wasted on [the Iraq War].”

Featuring: Lloyd Doggett, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 37th Congressional District

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 60 with Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Published | Video Starts at 28:24

Well, I was very involved in opposing the colossal blunder called the invasion of Iraq when George Bush and Dick Cheney led that effort. We know that after that, we have about 4,400American service members whose lives were taken. Two to three trillion dollars wasted on [the Iraq War]. that war, and we're not any safer as a result of that. The same thing is repeating itself. Just as with the war in Iran, with the war in Iraq, the war in Iran, they get bombed. (28:24–28:27)

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Asserts the financial cost of the Iraq War.

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