Iraq War Could Cost $2 Trillion, Study Finds
Long-term costs like healthcare for vets could push the war's cost far above White House projections. | storyReuters: BOSTON — The cost of the Iraq war could top $2 trillion, far above the White House’s pre-war projections, when long-term costs such as lifetime health care for thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers are included, a study said on Monday.
Columbia University economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard lecturer Linda Bilmes included in their study disability payments for the 16,000 wounded U.S. soldiers, about 20 percent of whom suffer serious brain or spinal injuries. story
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