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13 October
8:19 pm

we're spending more than a billion dollars a day over in Iran

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Josh Turek, at Iowa U.S. Senate General Election Debate (WHO 13 / Nexstar)

8:19 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure for daily war spending — a concrete, verifiable financial claim that, if wrong, would significantly mislead voters about the cost of the conflict
What we foundThe claim that the U.S. is spending more than a billion dollars a day in Iran is broadly consistent with available evidence, though estimates vary widely and no single authoritative figure is settled.
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