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Three weeks into the unconstitutional war with Iran, and the numbers are already spiraling. Far from the “decisive success” repeatedly touted, President Donald Trump’s Defense Department is now preparing to ask Congress for more than $200 billion in additional funding. That comes on top of the already record-setting, trillion-dollar military budget — and the extra $156.2 billion in supplemental […]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three weeks into the unconstitutional war with Iran, and the numbers are already spiraling. Far from the \u201cdecisive success\u201d repeatedly touted, President Donald Trump\u2019s Defense Department is now preparing to ask Congress for more than $200 billion in additional funding. 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