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Biden quip offends Afghans

November 6, 2022 Pakistan Today

Pakistan Today cited Costs of War’s financial costs research in an article about the Taliban criticizing President Biden calling Afghanistan “god-forsaken”

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ISIS and the Cost of War

October 16, 2014 Color Lines

“According to The Costs of War project at Brown University, the total costs for the second Iraq War and the ongoing one in Afghanistan is $4.4 trillion.”

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Costs of War project

The Costs of War project conducts and publishes research about the ongoing consequences of the United States post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere; the costs of global U.S. military operations; and the domestic effects of U.S. military spending. Created in 2010 and housed at Brown...

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Where we must stand: African women in an age of war

November 28, 2012 50.50 Inclusive Democracy

“In early July this year, in the midst of the largest military spending in human history, the Watson Institute at Brown University released their research report on the costs of US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.”

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The economic legacy of 9/11

September 6, 2011 Marketplace

“The fact is that we have now spent trillions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, all of which has been borrowed. The consequences of that have been, of course, an enormous run-up in our national debt.”

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War costs may top $3.7 trillion

August 21, 2011 Detroit Free Press

“When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could represent juicy targets. But how much do the wars actually cost U.S. taxpayers?”

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US hawks hover over Iran

October 18, 2011 RT

“With US national debt at some 15 trillion dollars, a potential $1 trillion in defense spending cuts on the table, and… the cost of war in Afghanistan and Iraq could reach some $4 trillion, does the American public have the stomach or the means to prosecute another war?”

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Costs of War - CSPAN

February 22, 2023 CSPAN

Costs of War research on the war in Afghanistan was quoted on CSPAN.

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Director: Stephanie Savell

Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Director, Costs of War
Stephanie Savell is a public anthropologist researching militarism, (in)security and activism in relation to the United States post-9/11 wars and policing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Under her leadership, the Costs of War project has produced research cited in thousands of media articles and...

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