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March 12, 2012Last December, Defense Secretary Panetta said the Afghanistan war was at a turning point and theAmerican people agree. It’s no wonder that the public is war-weary. Ten years of war and over $500 billion dollars, and we have little to show … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan Weekly Reader, deficit reduction, overseas contingency operations, Pubic opinion, War costs | Leave a commentDOD Comptroller: Fielding One Soldier In Afghanistan Costs Taxpayers $850,000
March 6, 2012Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Recent violence in Afghanistan has led to the deaths of six U.S. troops and politicians and pundits are insisting that U.S. troops stay longer. But isn’t this a sign that the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentAfghanistan Weekly Reader: Pentagon Spends $2 Billion in Afghanistan Per Week While Anti-American Riots Rage
March 1, 2012Will the violent protests in Afghanistan speed up the U.S. withdrawal? It’s the multi-billion dollar question. The administration insists that the answer is no. “Nothing that has happened over the past week is going to deter us…We’re making progress.” Pentagon … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghan security forces, Afghanistan Weekly Reader, drawdown, timetable, War costs | Leave a commentCutting veterans’ benefits to save the war budget
February 28, 2012Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group The US spends hundreds of billions on operations, security, and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, with little oversight. Meanwhile, in the US, soldiers who fought in Afghanistan struggle to pay their medical bills. The costs of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghan security forces, veterans, War costs | Leave a commentAfghanistan Weekly Reader: U.S. Spent $52 billion for Training and Equipping Afghan Security Forces
February 24, 2012The US has spent around $86 billion on Afghanistan reconstruction efforts since 2002, according to a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The majority of these funds, some $52 billion, is for training and equipping the Afghan … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghan security forces, Afghanistan Weekly Reader, aid, War cost estimates, War costs | Leave a commentTracking Hidden War Costs
February 22, 2012Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group How much have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost the American taxpayer? It seems like an easy question. Add up all those supplemental war appropriations from the Bush years and the overseas contingency operations, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged exit strategy, timetable, War cost estimates, War costs | Leave a commentAfghanistan Weekly Reader: $97 billion for another year of war
February 16, 2012The defense budget is driving the news this week. The president’s request for fiscal year 2013, unveiled Monday, includes $89 billion in war costs for the Department of Defense, plus $8 billion for State – a total of $97 billion. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan Weekly Reader, drawdown, exit strategy, War cost estimates, War costs | Leave a commentCapping War Costs at Only $450 Billion
February 14, 2012The president’s budget plan for fiscal year 2013, unveiled yesterday, includes $96.7 billion for war funding ($88.5 billion for the Department of Defense and $8.2 for State – see page 89 of the budget). The Afghanistan war accounts for almost … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged defense spending, deficit reduction, fiscal responsibility, overseas contingency operations, War costs | Leave a commentAfghanistan Weekly Reader: Another $88 Billion, For What?
February 9, 2012Military leaders like to tell us that we’re making progress in Afghanistan. Some politicians and pundits say that if we just stay the course, leave the troops there, then we might “succeed.” But it seems that the outlook in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan Weekly Reader, drawdown, National Intelligence Estimate, strategy, War costs | Leave a commentDo you want to spend another $88 Billion in Afghanistan?
February 7, 2012Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Of the 90,000 troops currently stationed in Afghanistan, 22,000 are scheduled to come home this summer. The 2013 drawdown plan hasn’t been revealed, but Sec. Panetta’s announcement that combat operations may end in 2013 seems … Continue reading
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