The best new estimate for the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the “global war on terror” more broadly, is $15 billion per month. According to the Congressional Research Service, operations and maintenance costs for the wars have risen to $81 billion in fiscal 2008 from $72 billion in fiscal 2007. (Washington Post)
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