Iraq War Costs

Bush details $70 billion war funding request for 2009

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which ...

Bush Admin's Iraq War Cost Estimates Not Even Close

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


At the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration predicted that it would cost $50 billion to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein, restore order a...

Is War Good For The Economy?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business


Jeff Madrick

As Bush asks Congress to pass a $3 trillion budget today, heavy with military spending for Iraq, it's time to undo a damaging cliché. Military spending harms modern economies, it does not help them.