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How to close the deficit

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/07/how-to-close-the-deficit/

June 7, 2010 - ...wars" alone has now passed the $1 trillion mark. And for all the talk about how this was necessary to protect us, I don't notice that the threat of terrorism has lessened in the last ten years. Seems ...

Johan Galtung on “The Fall of the US Empire”

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/07/johan-galtung-on-the-fall-of-the-us-empire/

June 7, 2010 - ...Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The US is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year. I'm j...

Cost of war tops $1 trillion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/06/cost-of-war-tops-1-trillion/

June 6, 2010 - ...cost of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was projected to exceed $1 trillion on May 30, according to the National Priorities Project. The United States has appropriated $747.3 billion for the ...

U.S. Spending on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Exceeds $1 Trillion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/05/us-spending-on-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-exceed/

June 5, 2010 - ...of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have fought in the nation's wars, past and present. During this year's holiday, parades and ceremonies remembered those who have fallen in the wars th...

Total spent on Wars reaches $1 trillion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/total-spent-on-wars-reaches-1-trillion/

June 3, 2010 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost taxpayers a lot of money, the total spent on these wars just reached one trillion dollars.

Iraq and Afghanistan: Crossing the $1 Trillion Mark

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June 3, 2010 - Taxpayers in Missouri will pay $11.4 billion and Taxpayers in Kansas will pay $5.9 billion for Total Defense Spending in FY2011.

A reminder of sacrifice

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/a-reminder-of-sacrifice/

June 3, 2010 - As we observed Memorial Day this past Monday it occurred to me that I didn't know much about its origin. Here's what I found:

Cost of War Sign Mounted On City Hall

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/02/cost-of-war-sign-mounted-on-city-hall/

June 2, 2010 - ...Cost of War Awareness Project announced today that the electronic sign featuring digital messages regarding the costs of war will be temporarily mounted on City Hall as part of the Cost of War Art Sho...

Direct spending by US government on Afghan and Iraq wars

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/01/direct-spending-by-us-government-on-afghan-and-ira/

June 1, 2010 - ...War, to get a better idea of the full costs of the Iraq War - and implicitly the Afghan War. Nonetheless, the figures, along with other related sources, document that the costs of these two wars, with...

Bringing the Troops and War Dollars Home – A Forum in Northampton

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/01/bringing-the-troops-and-war-dollars-home-a-forum-i/

June 1, 2010 - ...of townspeople who spoke for and against the passage of such a measure. The differences in perception were profound and included whether the war itself was justified, whether such a resolution would ...

US Spending on Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Tops $1 Trillion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/01/us-spending-on-wars-in-iraq-afghanistan-tops-1-tri/

June 1, 2010 - ...of money spent on the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq has now surpassed the $1 trillion mark. The National Priorities Project Cost of War counter says the milestone was reached Sunday morning. To date...

Cost of US Wars Could Have Paid For Free Health Care For Nearly Everyone

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/cost-of-us-wars-could-have-paid-for-free-health-ca/

May 31, 2010 - 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 p...

What has Reno, Nevada got to show for $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/what-has-reno-nevada-got-to-show-for-1-trillion-in/

May 31, 2010 - ...of 10:06 a.m., Sunday, May 30th, the United States will have spent $1 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Can we afford to be the “Bank of Afghanistan R Us' in the next 15 years?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/31/can-we-afford-to-be-the-bank-of-afghanistan-r-us-i/

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Defense Spending the Top Priority, Critics Fear

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/defense-spending-the-top-priority-critics-fear/

May 30, 2010 - ...Cost of War counter inches toward the $1 trillion mark, community activists bemoan the priorities of the Obama administration.

City council eyes war policy

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/city-council-eyes-war-policy/

May 30, 2010 - ...wars abroad.

$1,000,000,000,000 and counting

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/1000000000000-and-counting/

May 30, 2010 - ...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

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/30/the-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars-mutilated-our-econom/

May 30, 2010 - $1,000,000,000,000.00

Plight of Black Poor Worsens

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/29/plight-of-black-poor-worsens/

May 29, 2010 - "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 wors...

Ohio share of Iraq, Afghan trillion war costs better spent on quality of life, research group says (sic)

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/29/ohio-share-of-iraq-afghan-trillion-war-costs-bette/

May 29, 2010 - ...Cost of War counter will roll over to $1 trillion, the total amount of funds appropriated by Congress since 2003 to prosecute the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.