War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says
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CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on la...
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The Bush administration is seeking  about $80 billion in new funding for military operations this  year in Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both  conflicts to almost $300 billion so far.
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WASHINGTON - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost as much as $2.4 trillion through the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said yesterday. The White House brushed off the analysis as "speculation."
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Global military spending is   expected to hit $1.06 trillion this year, topping the record   set during the Cold War era, an international aid agency   reported on Friday.
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Weâre in a war that the government cannot afford to pay, but the society at home is routinely having million-dollar bar mitzvahs?
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The Iraq war may not dominate U.S. news reports as the carnage drops, but a new report underscores the financial burden of persistent combat that is helping run up the government's credit card.
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The Bush administration, faced with  a growing insurgency and record fuel costs, plans early next  year to seek $60 billion to $75 billion in emergency funding  for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration  and congressional officials said on Tuesday.
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As many as 121 U.S. soldiers may have committed suicide in 2007, a record number if confirmed, according to Army statistics released on Thursday.
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The Bush administration is working on its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds &#151; a record $100 billion, at least, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originally circulating around the Pentagon.
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The Bush administration plans to  announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80  billion in new funding for military operations this year in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both conflicts to  almost $300 billion so far.
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As Congress started to digest a new Bush administration request of &#36;80 billion to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its top budget analyst on Tuesday projected &#36;855 billion in deficits for the next decade even without the costs of war and President Bush's Social Security plan.
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Seven U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Saturday, bringing the U.S. military death toll so far in June to 77, the military reported.
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The insurgency is raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes, a classified U.S. report has concluded.
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The U.S. Senate on Saturday authorized $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and nearly $463 billion for defense programs in the fiscal year that begins on Sunday.
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Medical costs for U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could range from $350 billion to $662 billion over the next 40 years, as soldiers survive injuries that would have killed them in past conflicts, according to a Harvard University study.
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Global body has misused tens of millions in its peacekeeping mission over the past 3 years.
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Keeping troops in Iraq for another year and a half will cost nearly a quarter-trillion dollars &#151; about $800 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. &#151; under the budget President Bush will submit to Congress Monday.