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Can We Afford To Be The “Bank Of Afghanistan R Us' In The Next 15 Years?: 05/31/2010

- DiploPundit

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What Has Reno, Nevada Got To Show For $1 Trillion In Iraq And Afghanistan?: 05/31/2010

- maven&meddler

As of 10:06 a.m., Sunday, May 30th, the United States will have spent $1 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cost Of Us Wars Could Have Paid For Free Health Care For Nearly Everyone: 05/31/2010

- Western Progressive

Of course, if we're paying for wars, conservatives don't classify that as 'big government.' They never did under Bush. However, once Obama became president and turned part of his attention towards projects at home, such as infrastructure and health care, that was somehow socialist.

City Council Eyes War Policy: 05/30/2010

Fred Contrada - The Republican

NORTHAMPTON - The city is making another venture into federal and foreign policy as it prepares to sound out residents on a resolution to bring home the local tax money that is funding America's wars abroad.

Defense Spending The Top Priority, Critics Fear: 05/30/2010

Yana Kunichoff - truthout

As the United States retains its place as the world's largest defense spender for another year, and the Cost of War counter inches toward the $1 trillion mark, community activists bemoan the priorities of the Obama administration.

$1,000,000,000,000 And Counting: 05/30/2010

- Ceasfire.ca

According to the National Priorities Project, the total direct cost to the United States of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed one trillion dollars on Sunday, May 30th.

The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars Mutilated Our Economy: 05/30/2010

Derrick Crowe - Alternet

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Ohio Share Of Iraq, Afghan Trillion War Costs Better Spent On Quality Of Life, Research Group Says (Sic) : 05/29/2010

John Michael Spinelli - Examiner

COLUMBUS, Ohio - At mid-morning Sunday, on Memorial Day weekend when the nation remembers and honors those who have given their full measure in service to their nation, the Cost of War counter will roll over to $1 trillion, the total amount of funds appropriated by Congress since 2003 to ...

Plight Of Black Poor Worsens: 05/29/2010

Sherwood Ross - OpEdNews / Veterans Today

"The conditions now, in my view, are unquestionably worse in the inner cities," attorney and civil rights stalwart David Ginsburg told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Education is worse. Housing is worse. Unemployment is worse. We now have a drug problem that we didn't have in 1967 and 1968. There are ...

What Have We Bought With $1 Trillion?: 05/28/2010

Rep. Jan Schakowsky - Huffington Post

As of 10:06 on Sunday, May 30th, we will have spent $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan.