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 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.