WASSER: Every vet respects John McCain’s war record



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|WASSER: Every vet respects John McCain’s war record. It’s his |Jim Wasser on camera |

|record in the Senate that I have a problem with. | |

| |Chyron: |

| |Jim Wasser |

| |Vietnam Combat Veteran, US Navy |

|He wants us to keep spending ten billion dollars a month in Iraq,|Chyron: |

|just like Bush. |$10 billion Each Month in Iraq |

| |Source: Congressional Record |

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| |Iraq War Costs $10.2 Billion per Month. According to the National|

| |Priorities Project the Iraq war costs $341.4 million a day, |

| |roughly $10.2 billion per month. |

| |[, accessed |

| |6/5/08] Other estimates are as high as $12 billion per month. |

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| |McCain: “The War Is Costing Us Billions Of Dollars, And It’s |

| |Going To Be Long and Hard and Difficult.” While appearing at a |

| |town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire, McCain was asked |

| |how he would continue to pay for the war in Iraq. He replied, |

| |“It’s costing us billions of dollars and it’s going to be very |

| |expensive and it’s going to be long and hard and difficult.” |

| |[Town Hall Meeting in Manchester, NH; 12/5/07; emphasis added] |

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| |McCain: “I Don’t Think Americans Are Concerned If We’re There For|

| |100 Years Or 1,000 Years Or 10,000 Years.” In an interview on |

| |“Face the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer asked McCain about staying |

| |in Iraq for 100 year. McCain responded, “We’ve got to get |

| |Americans off the front line, have the Iraqis as part of the |

| |strategy, take over more and more of the responsibilities. And |

| |then I don’t think Americans are concerned if we’re there for 100|

| |years or 1,000 years or 10,000 years. What they care about is a |

| |sacrifice of our most precious treasure, and that’s American |

| |blood. So what I’m saying is look, if Americans are there in a |

| |support role, but they’re not taking casualties, that’s fine. |

| |We’re in Kuwait now. As you well recall, we had a war, we stayed |

| |in Kuwait. We didn’t stay in Saudi Arabia. So it’s going to be up|

| |to the relationship between the Iraqi government and the United |

| |States of America.” [CBS, “Face the Nation,” 1/06/08; emphasis |

| |added] |

|That’s money we could use to build schools and roads and create |Through December 2004, U.S. Tax Dollars Were Helping To Build 66 |

|jobs we need here at home. |Roads And 58 Railroad Stations. According to the Department of |

| |Defense, as of December 2004, the United States was working on |

| |the construction of 66 roads and 58 railroad stations in Iraq. |

| |[Department of Defense, 12/3/04] |

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| |Government reports have documented schools and roads nationwide |

| |in need of repair. With unemployment rising, many have called |

| |for funding to repair schools and roads and create jobs. |

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| |But McCain Consistently Opposes Funding for Roads And Efforts To |

| |Improve Transportation Infrastructure In The United States. |

| |Though McCain supports spending to improve the transportation |

| |infrastructure in Iraq, he opposes domestic funding that would |

| |fund very similar projects in the United States. [Conference |

| |Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; |

| |Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, |

| |1/22/2004; Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote |

| |#3, 1/22/2004; Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, |

| |Vote #3, 1/22/2004; Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. |

| |2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; |

| |H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; Conference Report, accessed |

| |4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004] |

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| |Through December 2004, U.S. Tax Dollars Were Helping To Build 14 |

| |Hospitals And 41 Clinics In Iraq. According to the Department of |

| |Defense, as of December 2004, the United States was working on |

| |the construction of 14 hospitals and 41 public health clinics in |

| |Iraq. [Department of Defense, 12/3/04] |

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| |But McCain Consistently Opposes Funding For Hospitals In America.|

| |Though McCain supports spending for Iraq reconstruction, he |

| |opposes domestic funding legislation that funds very similar |

| |projects in the United States. [Conference Report, accessed |

| |4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; Conference Report, |

| |accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; Conference |

| |Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, 1/22/2004; |

| |Conference Report, accessed 4/30/08; H.R. 2673, Vote #3, |

| |1/22/2004] |

|He even took Bush’s side against increasing health care benefits |Chyron: |

|for veterans. |McCain Voted Against Expanding Veterans’ Health Care |

| |Source: Congressional Record |

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| |Although McCain told voters at a campaign rally that improving |

| |veterans’ health care was his top domestic priority, he voted |

| |against increasing funding for veterans’ health care in 2004, |

| |2005, 2006 and 2007. (Greenville News, 12/12/2007; S.Amdt. 2745 |

| |to S.C.R. 95, Vote #40, 3/10/04; Senate S.C.R. 18, Vote 55, |

| |3/16/05; S.Amdt. 3007 to S.C.R. 83 Vote 41, 3/14/06; H.R. 1591, |

| |Vote 126, 3/29/07) |

|People should let John McCain know his agenda’s not what we need.|Chyron: |

|Not now. |Paid for by the Working Men and Women of the AFL-CIO |

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| |Call John McCain at (202) 224-3121. |

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