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Mark Takano
D
Representative (CA)
Sep 15, 2026
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Counting munitions expended while leaving veterans' care and benefits is not a real war-cost analysis. It is a bill sent to veterans and taxpayers later.

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In Two Days the Government's Own Scorekeepers Put a Number on the Iran War — the Pentagon's Inspector General Says the Munitions Spent Have Caused "Strategic Inventory Shortfalls," and the CBO Says the War Has Cost $38 Billion and Will Add Half a Point to Inflation — While Trump Posts That America Is "Producing More Exquisite and Elite Weapons Than at Any Time in Our History" →

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