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Bachmann: "My main challenger right now is Barack Obama. That's who I'm focused on. His economic policies are a disaster, and his foreign policy is even worse. Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives.
From 2003 to early 2009, President George W. Bush was commander-in-chief overseeing Iraq. Only in January 2009 did Obama take over.
Through March 18, 2011, the cumulative enacted dollars spent on the Iraq war from fiscal year 2003 through fiscal year 2011 was $805.5 billion. But that covers at least six fiscal years during the Bush presidency.
4,482 Americans have lost their lives in Iraq since the start of the war in 2003. Of those deaths, approximately 261 came on Obama’s watch, or about 6 percent of the total.
Most of the money spent and lives lost in Iraq came during George W. Bush’s presidency.
Politifact: "We rate her statement Pants on Fire."
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