National Priorities Project Says Cost of War Set to Hit Trillion Dollar Mark
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Alan Gray
05/19/2010
The National Priorities Project "Cost of War" counter, that counts the total money appropriated for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, will reach the $1 trillion mark by the end of this month.
Also by the end of the month, Congress is likely to have approved an additional $37 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
NPP says initial projections of this spending will add $3 billion to Iraq war costs and $34 billion to Afghanistan war costs. Consideration of the pending supplemental is likely to occur before Congress takes recess for Memorial Day.
Once Congress approves this spending, NPP says it will update both "Cost of War" amounts as well as the war-spending amounts found in their "Trade Offs" tool.
