Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190206:12:45:00
Listen. >> we have spent more than $7 trillion in fighting wars in the middle east. >> now putting aside the fact that afghanistan's not technically in the middle east, that $7 trillion static is just false. it's not the first time he's made that claim. the congressional research says the operational cost for the wars in iraq and afghanistan were 1.6 trillion, between 2001 and 2014. that's serious cash. but a cnn analysis found that to get to 7 trillion you'd have to add projected spending for the next 35 years. perhaps the president's confusing it with how much he's projected to balloon the n...
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