claim: "and it's going to be difficult for us to do this as long as we're spending $275 million a day on a war that should have never been authorized..."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: sep 20, 2007 ... in talking about the need for a new energy plan he pivoted and said, "and it's  going to be difficult for us to do this as long as we're spending $275-million a day  on a war that should have never been authorized ..." obama's campaign couldn't  find the exact source for his number, but government figures show ...
evidence_2: when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not  ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of americans have  ...... war in iraq, a war that should've never been authorized and should've never  been waged, a war that costing us 20 cents — $275 million a day, that could  have ...
evidence_3: are we safer? yes, we're safer from the kind of orchestrated attack that shocked  us on that september morning. it's harder for terrorists to get into the country, and  harder for them to pull off something spectacular if they do. but we have not  plugged some of the most threatening security gaps. worse, as the orlando  massacre ...
evidence_4: mar 9, 2011 ... we had no insurance, so i charged our medical bills; now the credit card  companies are coming after us. should we go through credit counseling to  reduce the amount of medical debt we owe? a: your situation is what 47 million  americans without health insurance have to fear every day: how will they ...
evidence_5: feb 18, 2013 ... and there were numerous reports of employers shortchanging workers — just as  in today's h-2 guestworker program. ... the united states currently has two  guestworker programs under which employers are authorized to import unskilled  labor for temporary or seasonal work lasting less than a year: the ...