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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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Ukraine An Antiwar Dilemma

May 17, 2022 TomDispatch

TomDispatch cites Costs of War data on the human and budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars.

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Trump Presses Arab Allies to Do More to Counter Iran

May 10, 2018 The New York Times

President Trump has said repeatedly that the U.S. has spent $7 trillion on the Middle East wars. He may be getting this figure from an erroneous reading of Costs of War Project findings about the budgetary costs of those wars.

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Cost of post-9/11 wars exceeds $5.6 trillion

November 9, 2017 The Providence Journal

The Providence Journal cites the Costs of War Project's newest study that says the cost of post-9/11 wars will reach $5.6 trillion by the end of 2018. 

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Why Trump's Boost to Military Spending May Not Deliver 'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs'

May 31, 2017 The Fiscal Times

"The $54 billion increase in military funding that President Trump has proposed in his 2018 budget would create many more jobs if it were spent on areas like education, infrastructure and clean energy, according to a study released last week by the Costs of War Project at Brown University."

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