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A new report from the Congressional Research Service estimates the total cost of American military operations–including Iraq, Afghanistan, and counterterrorism– since 9/11 to be $1.6 trillion ($1,600,000,000,000). This number is too large for common comprehension, but for sake of comparison, the total Federal deficit fueled by the Great Recession in 2009 was $1.4 trillion.
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