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CURRENT COSTS
- More than $508 billion so far, according to the National Priorities Project.
- $1.3 trillion for total economic costs of Iraq war from 2002 to 2008, including interest costs of borrowing funds, lost investment, long-term veterans' health care and oil market disruptions, according to a November 2007 report from Congress' Joint Economic Committee.
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- $100 billion to $200 billion, estimated in September 2002 by then-White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey. The White House openly contradicted him, saying that figure was far too high.
- $50 to 60 billion, estimated in late 2002 by then-White House budget director Mitch Daniels.
- $100 billion and three years to get "the country up and running again," projected in 2003 by L. Paul Bremer, then-chief of the U.S. occupation government in Iraq.
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CURRENT COSTS
- More than $508 billion so far, according to the National Priorities Project.
- $1.3 trillion for total economic costs of Iraq war from 2002 to 2008, including interest costs of borrowing funds, lost investment, long-term veterans' health care and oil market disruptions, according to a November 2007 report from Congress' Joint Economic Committee.
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
- $100 billion to $200 billion, estimated in September 2002 by then-White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey. The White House openly contradicted him, saying that figure was far too high.
- $50 to 60 billion, estimated in late 2002 by then-White House budget director Mitch Daniels.
- $100 billion and three years to get "the country up and running again," projected in 2003 by L. Paul Bremer, then-chief of the U.S. occupation government in Iraq.
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