July 25, 2011 The Hill
“The report reminds us that we still don’t know what the total legacy of these conflicts — especially the long-term cost of injury and illness for veterans — will be.”
July 7, 2011 Democracy Now
“While much of the talk in Washington centers on taxes, Social Security and Medicare, far less attention is being paid to the growing cost of the U.S. wars overseas.”
June 29, 2011 Salon
“A research group at Brown including ‘economists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal experts, and a physician’ has tackled the always complex question of the costs of America's post-9/11 wars – economic, human, and political.”
June 29, 2011 China Daily
“In human terms, 224,000 to 258,000 people have died directly from warfare, including 125,000 civilians in Iraq. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, healthcare, and nutrition.”
June 29, 2011 Time
“The final U.S. troops in Iraq are slated to come home by the end of this year, nearly nine years after Rumsfeld made that [6 month] estimate. Apparently, his cost estimates follow a similar trajectory.”
June 29, 2011 Reuters
“When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. Staggering as it is, that figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the U.S. Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released on Wednesday.”
June 29, 2011 Politico
“At a minimum, according to the authors of the study, the final cost for these military engagements will be $3.7 trillion. But the report also points out that their estimates do not include at least $1 trillion more in interest payments and other costs that cannot yet be quantified. Indeed, the report criticized the U.S. Congress and the Pentagon for poor accounting.”
June 29, 2011 Wired
“The Institute’s report might serve as a baseline for discussing civilian deaths in these long wars.”
June 29, 2011 Foreign Policy
“The staggering figure is nearly four times higher than the U.S. government estimate. Just last week, President Barack Obama pegged the cost over the last decade at $1 trillion.”
June 29, 2011 The Washington Post
“Catherine Lutz, … said the group began its research about a year ago, but that it’s fortunate that the findings are being released in the midst of a major debate about government spending.”
June 29, 2011 The Huffington Post
“ ‘Wars, in a sense, are never over when they're over,’ Catherine Lutz, a Brown University anthropologist, said in the video op-ed. ‘They go on for decades.’”
June 29, 2011 Mail Online
“The study, 'Costs of War'… underlines the extent to which war will continue to stretch the U.S. federal budget and questions what has been gained from the massive investment.”
June 1, 2011 Costs of War
The project has also appeared in national papers in many countries, including Brazil, China, Russia, and Pakistan, among others.