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saved byIlona on 2006-08-06

  • the price tag for combat and nation-building since Sept. 11, 2001, to nearly a half-trillion dollars, approaching the inflation-adjusted cost of the 13-year Vietnam War

  • Iraq war is costing $100,000 per minute


    By Mark Mazzetti and Joel Havemann


    Los Angeles Times






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    WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday that it plans to ask Congress for an additional $70 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, driving the cost of military operations in the two countries to $120 billion this year, the highest ever.

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