Hmmm......I wonder how many zeros are in a trillion?:hmm:
....or maybe several?
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The Iraq war has proved far more costly than the US government thought when it went to war five years ago.
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According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the direct costs of the war on terror, which include operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, have so far have reached $752bn, if the current year's appropriation of $188bn is included.
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A study by the Nobel Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University and Linda Bilmes, a budget expert from Harvard, concludes the cost could be at least $3 trillion.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7304300.stm
who knows, there might be a bit of change left over for New Orleans. :hmm: