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  • March 2008

    • Bush Sees Success as Iraq War Turns 5

      CNN  |  Mar 19, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Bush Sees Success as Iraq War Turns 5

      (Newser) - On the fifth anniversary of launching the shock-and-awe assault that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, President Bush will make a major speech at the Pentagon today, CNN reports. In excerpts from the speech he acknowledges that "the fight in Iraq was faltering," but praises the progress in the last year. "The surge has done more than turn the situation in Iraq around; it has opened the door to a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • Saddam Hussein  • surge  • invasion  • Council of Economic Advisers  • Joseph Stiglitz

    • Iraq's Toll Spirals Into Trillions

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Mar 10, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Iraq's Toll Spirals Into Trillions

      (Newser) - In 2002 Donald Rumsfeld envisioned an Iraq war price tag of "something under $50 billion," but a Harvard professor and a Nobel-prize winning economist now pin the total cost at $3 trillion, with a "running cost" of $12.5 billion a month. As the Iraq war enters its sixth year next week, the Christian Science Monitor takes a look at the varying estimates. More »

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      Iraq war  • oil price  • veterans  • Donald Rumsfeld  • Iraq war spending  • war cost  • Joseph Stiglitz

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