NEW: Brown: Cost of U.S Wars--$4 Trillion and 225,000 Lives

NEW: Brown: Cost of U.S Wars--$4 Trillion and 225,000 Lives

The U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have cost 225,000 lives and up to $4 trillion, according to a new Brown University study released today.

The study—produced by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies—counts the total number of U.S. military personnel, contractors and civilians who have lost their lives in the conflict. It estimates the total cost to be between $3.2 trillion and $4 trillion, including the cost of medical care.

If the conflicts continue at the current pace, the United States will spend an additional $450 billion by 2020.

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“This project’s accounting is important because information is vital for the public’s democratic deliberation on questions of foreign policy,” said Catherine Lutz, the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies. “Knowing the actual costs of war is essential as the public, Congress and the President weigh the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan, and other areas including the deficit, security, public investments, and reconstruction.”

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