barrage of tam ma hawks. last count, we had it at about 159 that were fired. let s just say that the u.s. hasn t fired all of them, the brit ves fired off some of those. let s say out of that 159, the u.s. has fired off say, 130. at a cost of $1.4 million each, you re talking about $182 million just for the tomahawks. and remember, the u.s. fires these tomahawks, well, the military buys tomahawks every year. so at some point, maybe not right away, but at some point towards the nd of the year, at some point they re going to have to replenish what was expended in this conflict. not that everyone was ever talking about cutting defense spending, but hey, if they were thinking about that, go by deficit reduction that way. chris lawrence, live from the white house, thanks. you re welcome. the president is taking heat from both parties, mostly because he didn t get the support of the full congress before the missiles starting
its partners have done. you re talking about just the northern part of the country, around from benghazi to tripoli. even the cost of that is $32 million to $100 million a week. why does it cost so much? take a look at what s volved. you re talking about an initial barrage of 24 to 48 hours of massive amounts of tomahawk missiles. to date, about 160 of them have been fired. well, those tomahawks, according to the u.s. navy, with everything included, cost about 1.4 milli$1.4 million each. even if the u.s. didn t shoot them all we know the british shot some of them say we shot 130 of them, we re still talking about $182 million for the tomahawks that have been fired so far. and when you look at what comes after the tomahawks, fighter jets, b-2 bombers, the cost of an f-15 in the air for an hour, all told, about $10,000 an hour.
medicine, money and a serious health crisis, a third of american adults are obese. we hear about the epidemic all the time and how much it costs the health care system. i want to show you something. take a look at this ad. i tried diets, diet pills, exercise programs. nothing worked. then my doctor recommended the lap-band system. that s an ad for lap-band surgery, a type of weight loss surgery heavily promoted by companies that obviously make the bands that are used. now the company with the biggest share of the market is a company called alergen, its lap-band sales were $182 million in the first three quarters of this year, although sales have been kind of dropping. a lot of money. but about 4% less than last year, according to news reports, which may explain why they re trying to expand the market for its lap-band and asking the fda
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