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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (25053)	4/8/2008 2:01:31 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224720

September 2002 - Total war costs estimated at $100-200 billion by then-White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey. The White House openly contradicted him, saying the figure was too high. Then-White House budget director Mitch Daniels estimated $50-60 billion in late 2002. usatoday.com March 2008 - U.S. troop deaths reach 4,000. Troops: 158,000; $1.3 trillion for total economic costs of Iraq war from 2002 to 2008, according to a November 2007 report from Congress' Joint Economic Committee. Projections - Troops: 140,000 by the end of July. Unofficial goal expressed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates for December: 100,000. War costs at more than $508 billion so far, according to the National Priorities Project.