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The Question Beneath Electric Boat's Ascent: Why Do We Need These Ships?

September 15, 2017 The Providence Journal

Tensions are building over plans to build a new fleet of ballistic missile submarines over the coming decades at defense contractor Electric Boat. The Costs of War Project at the Watson Institute recently published a paper that found military related spending generated fewer direct positions and supply-chain jobs per $1 million in government money than clean energy, health care, education or infrastructure.

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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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Hinweise des Tages

November 7, 2022 Nachdenkseiten

Costs of War’s Neta C. Crawford was cited in NachDenkSeiten (Germany) on her new book on military emissions.

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Cost of war

November 8, 2017 Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy's Situation Report cites the Costs of War's new study that estimates the cost of post-9/11 wars will cost the U.S. $5.6 trillion by 2018. 

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We share the blame

January 25, 2024 Duluth Reader

Costs of War was cited in the Duluth Reader about indirect deaths in the post-9/11 wars.

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Apocalypse soon? John Bolton is set to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

March 26, 2018 The Nation

The news that President Trump will install John Bolton as his next national security adviser comes at a time when, by some estimates, the U.S. is waging at least nine undeclared wars across the globe. The Costs of War project estimated that between 2015 and October 2017, the U.S. military conducted air and drone strikes on seven countries and had combat troops deployed in 15 more.

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9/11 by the numbers

November 8, 2017 Detroit Metro Times

A summary of the costs from 9/11 cites a new number from a Costs of War study that estimates the U.S. budgetary costs will reach $5.6 trillion through the fiscal year of 2018. 

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