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The Real US Defense Budget Is Even Bigger Than You Think

May 15, 2019 Business Insider

In a dollar-by-dollar tour of the US national security budget, Business Insider references the Cost of War Project's esimation that obligations to veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars will total more than $1 trillion in the years to come.

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Adding up the Cost of Our Never-Ending Wars

December 17, 2019 Project on Government Oversight

The Project on Government Oversight shares a Costs of War report discussing recent changes in government practice that make understanding the costs of post-9/11 wars event more difficult.

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The costs of post-9/11 wars exceed $8 trillion for US

September 1, 2021 The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe cites Costs of War Project data on the human and budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars, and covers research by Neta Crawford that emphasizes the lack of federal transparency on U.S. military spending in the post-9/11 wars. 

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Trump Threatens Afghan Armageddon

January 5, 2020 TomDispatch

Writing in TomDispatch, Nick Turse cites the Costs of War Project estimate that as many as 801,000 people have been killed in U.S. post-9/11 conflicts.

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The cost of post 9/11 wars hit $5.9 trillion, 480,000 lives lost, study says

November 14, 2018 Stars and Stripes

“In sum, high costs in war and war-related spending pose a national security concern because they are unsustainable,” Crawford said. “The public would be better served by increased transparency and by the development of a comprehensive strategy to end the wars and deal with other urgent national security priorities.”

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Daily on Defense

June 14, 2019 Washington Examiner

Jamie McIntyre's defense news roundup covers the release of two climate change reports, including "Researchers at Brown University's Costs of War Project have published a new report measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of the Department of Defense, which is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world."

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