Direct costs of Iraq - nearly $2 billion/week, up 2X in 3 years, 20% in last year
A new congressional report says the United States is spending nearly $2 billion a week in Iraq, which is "twice as much as in the first year of the conflict three years ago and 20 percent more than last year," reports the Boston Globe. Per the report, "a major factor in the growth of war spending is the result of a dramatic rise in 'investment costs,' or spending needed to sustain a long-term deployment of American troops."
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