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  • June 2008

    • War Spending Strategy: Soak the Grandkids

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 11, 08 11:47 AM CDT

      War Spending Strategy: Soak the Grandkids

      As Congress tackles the latest "emergency" spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than $860 billion, Ruth Marcus notes in the Washington Post: "For the first time in American history, every penny of that amount will have been borrowed. For the first time, billions more will have been borrowed to finance tax cuts in the midst of war. " More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Congress  • taxes  • Iraq war spending  • war funding  • war cost

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Military

      newser  |  Slate  |  Mar 31, 08 3:39 PM CDT

      Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Military

      Has President Bush done irreparable damage to our armed forces? Not necessarily, Phillip Carter and Fred Kaplan write in Slate, offering a to-do list for the next president to tackle as he or she begins the process of fixing a military "in strange shambles." Overhaul the budget: "We don't have the money to stay this course." More »

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      Iraq  • War on Terror  • military  • soldier  • Air Force  • Navy  • Army  • war cost

    • Iraq's Toll Spirals Into Trillions

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

      Iraq's Toll Spirals Into Trillions

      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

  • November 2007

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