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Mark Pocan: “Spent over $90 billion on this war.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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US, Iran Truce Awaits Trump Signoff | Balance of Power

Published | Video Starts at 26:21

The fact that we're paying almost $2 more per gallon for gas, the fact that we've doubled diesel costs for my farmers in Wisconsin, double the cost of airline fuel, Spent over $90 billion on this war. and we may not even get to where we were with the deal we had under President Obama. I wish I could tell you there was any clarity with this, but with Donald Trump, there's rarely clarity. (26:21–26:25)

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Asserts that the U.S. has spent over $90 billion on the war with Iran.

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