Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Tops $900 Billion, Report Finds.

U.S. News & World Report | December 15, 2008| | Copyright

Byline: Alex Kingsbury

The U.S. government has already spent $904 billion since 2001 to wage wars in Afghanistan (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/iraq/2008/12/11/gates-wants-to-send-more-us-troops-to-afghanistan-but-how-many.html) and Iraq, and both of those conflicts are far from over (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/iraq/2008/11/26/is-iraq-ready-for-the-us-military-to-start-leaving.html).

And even if the number of combat troops declines as planned ...

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