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Ruben Gallego: “The DOD is going to come back and ask us for $200 billion…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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TRUMP'S BIGGEST MISTAKE (5 Reasons Why Trump's Iran War is Stupid)

Published | Video Starts at 03:11

So number one, that is a horrible way for us that, you know why this war was, is dumb in the way that they're conducting it. So number two, why else is this war stupid? Because it's expensive. So right now The DOD is going to come back and ask us for $200 billion [for the Iran war]. $200 billion for this war of choice means that we're going to pass up on a lot of other things we could have done with that money. (03:11–03:16)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense will request $200 billion for the Iran war.

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