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Matt Wuerker
stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico:

"The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."

By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2015
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics:

The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show":

In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."

By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Robert Gibbs
stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation’s history."

By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2014
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 in an appearance on 'This Week.':

Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.

By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars:

"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."

By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 in an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin:

Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime

By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 9, 2011 in an article in Politico:

"A gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in Afghanistan cost more than $400."

By Sabrina Eaton • May 23, 2011
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 in remarks at a campaign fundraiser:

Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Elizabeth Dennigan
stated on June 28, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:

"We are amassing most of our military strength in a country where fewer than 100 members of al Qaeda remain."

By Cynthia Needham • August 13, 2010
Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 in a press conference:

The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2009 in a speech at the United States Military Academy.:

"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2009
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 in ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':

"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."

By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009