Cost of War in Afghanistan

Amanda Terkel

Tom Coburn's Unusual Solution For Getting Out Of Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) isn't quite sure how much longer the United States will be fighting in Afghanistan, although he does have an i...

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Jason Linkins

Iraq-Afghanistan War Debt Includes Steep Price Tag For Air Conditioning

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.27.2011

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Forget the debt ceiling. Perhaps we should relocate our debt to Iraq or Afghanistan, where a lot of it is going anyway and where we are at least spending a king's ransom on air conditioning.

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Amanda Terkel

How Much Are You Paying For The War In Afghanistan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As Americans breathe a sigh of relief over finally filing the returns on what they owe (or are owed from) Uncle Sam this Tax Day, the pr...

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Harry Reid 'Not Confident' About War In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is unsure whether the war in Afghanistan is going to be a success and says the United States ...

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Amanda Terkel

Dem Rep: Expect A 'Significant Presence' In Afghanistan For 8 To 10 More Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Military commanders expect the United States to have a "significant presence" in Afghanistan for another eight to 10 years, according to...

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For Mother's Day: End the Wars

Darcy Burner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Darcy Burner

My boy can't afford these wars we're embroiled in, and neither can the other children in our country. What they are costing us in blood and treasure is damaging his future, a concern I share with many other mothers.

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2,951 Days in Afghanistan Is Enough

Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Eric J.J. Massa

The time to bring this war to a conclusion is now and we must stand with a clear voice and demand it. It is simply impossible to impose a democracy on a nation that does not want it.

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Afghanistan by the Numbers

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

Metrics in war almost invariably turn out to occupy treacherous terrain. Think of it as quagmire territory, in part because numbers, however accurate (and they often aren't), can lie.

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