Claim: We've criticized both Barack Obama and Joe Biden several times now for claiming that the U.S. is spending $10 billion a month to Iraq while that nation is sitting on a $79 billion surplus. We wrote that the $79 billion figure was out of date because Iraq had since passed a $22.3 billion supplemental spending bill. Our criticism was based on a report from the Government Accountability Office. But we misread the report. The figure that Obama and Biden use is probably still too high,
Fact-check: The $79 Billion Iraqi Surplus, Reconsidered - FactCheck.org
Verdict: we've criticized both barack obama and joe biden several times now for claiming that the u.s. is spending $10 billion a month to iraq while that nation is sitting on a $79 billion surplus. we wrote that the $79 billion figure was out of date because iraq had since passed a $22.3 billion supplemental spending bill. our criticism was based on a report from the government accountability office. but we misread the report. the figure that obama and biden use is probably still too high,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Joe Miller
Date published: 2008-10-13T15:22:58