And it was also used by the Democratic National Committee in an ad called “Iraq” that ran in New York during the Republican National Convention there.
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The $200 billion figure also is used in a Kerry-Edwards TV ad: “Wrong Choice” (see script above) released Sept. $200 billion for Iraq, but they tell us we can’t afford to keep the 100,000 new police we put on the streets during the 1990s. $200 billion for Iraq, but they tell us we can’t afford health care for our veterans. $200 billion for Iraq, but they tell us we can’t afford after-school programs for our children. The cost of the President’s go-it-alone policy in Iraq is now $200 billion and counting. Bush’s wrong choices have led America in the wrong direction in Iraq and left America without the resources we need here at home. Kerry’s stump speech uses the $200 billion figure repeatedly - 14 times in one recent speech in Cincinnati alone. John Kerry: I’m John Kerry, and I approve this ad. Reduce the deficit to protect Medicare and Social Security. Lower health care premiums by up to $1000 per family. Stop tax incentives for companies that shift jobs overseas. George Bush’s wrong choices have weakened us here at home. In America, lost jobs and rising health care costs. But Kerry takes liberties with the facts when he claims the cost “is now $200 billion.” It isn’t. The Iraq War has cost more than originally estimated, and there’s no end in sight. He also is counting money projected to be spent for operations in Afghanistan and to protect US cities, not for Iraq.
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Kerry runs the figure up to $200 billion by counting money scheduled to be spent next fiscal year, plus additional funds for the future that haven’t even been requested yet. But so far, the bill for the war is still under $120 billion, according to the Office of Management and Budget. There’s little question that the Iraq war and its bloody aftermath will cost $200 billion, eventually. Kerry is using an exaggerated figure for the cost of the Iraq war in his latest line of attack against Bush, claiming in the latest version of his standard stump speech that the war in Iraq has cost “$200 billion and counting.” The Democratic National Committee uses an identical phrase in a TV ad.
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