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We will not be adding more to the national debt. >> and the truthometer says what, bill? >> false on the truthometer on politifact for that one. >> oh, sound effects! >> yeah. he is ignoring that the debt is going to increase because of interest payments. so that's some spin and the white house was very consistent yesterday in saying that -- >> keeping the spin. >> yes, in keeping the spin going. but he gets a false for that one. >> so his argument is, the spending doesn't exceed revenues, but they're not counting the interest. >> exactly. they're ignoring that interest, which continues to pil...

Court. we couldn't tolerate that in iraq. we got a bad record. that blackwater incident inflamed passions in iraq. again, i think at the end of the day we had 36,000 killed and wounded there. they have a national police. they have an army. they have got an operating democratic government of sorts. now it's time for us to come out and maintain contact. we will have a massive contact or presence. they have a huge embassy and there will be a couple hundred military officers in the embassy to monitor foreign military sales. time to go. >> as you pointed out, the countless lives lost and you cannot...

A normal relationship between sovereign nations and based on mutual interest and respect. >> operation iraqi freedom has been at considerable cost to the nation. over 4,400 u.s. military kill and 32,000 wounded, including over 1,000 amputees, all at a cost of american taxpayers of $712 billion. in his remarks the president made it clear he intends to end involvement in afghanistan in the not too distant future. >> the united states is moving forward from a position of strength. the war in iraq will come to an end by the end of this year. the transition in afghanistan is moving forward and our ...