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Report to Congress: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq

By United States Department of Defense
March 15th, 2007
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Report of specific performance indicators and measures of progress toward political, economic, and security stability in Iraq. more »

Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New Approach

By James A. Baker, III and Lee H. Hamilton, Co-Chairs. With Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Edwin Meese III, Sandra Day O’Connor, Leon E. Panetta, William J. Perry, Charles S. Robb, and Alan K. Simpson
United States Institute for Peace
December 06th, 2006
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Assessment of the situation in Iraq. Discussion of future challenges and recommendations for further U.S. action. more »

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Costs of Worn-out Iraq Equipment High

Submitted by Alexander Sewell
October 2, 2008

The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports that it will take years and cost about $200 billion to repair or replace equipment that was worn out or broken in the Iraq war.

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GAO
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Pentagon Budget Consumes More than Half of Spending

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 29, 2008

The Pentagon’s budget accounts for more than half of all “discretionary spending”— that is, half of everything the federal government spends after paying for entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, and interest on the national debt. .

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Center for Arms Control

Afghanistan By The Numbers

By Isaiah J. Poole
June 22, 2011
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Prisoners Of War: The Facts

By Alex Carter
September 29, 2008

We are squandering $12 billion a month on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Conservatives condemn the idea of presidents talking to their counterparts from "enemy" countries, but 67 percent of Americans disagree, according to a June 2 Gallup poll. more »

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The Gallup Poll, "Americans Favor President Meeting With U.S. Enemies," June 2, 2008.

The American public, by an overwhelming margin, believes that the cost of the Iraq war is worsening domestic economic problems. In a New York Times/CBS News poll completed on April 2, 67 percent of respondents said the war had contributed “a lot” to American economic problems, and 22 percent said it was contributing “some.” Only 10 percent said “not much” or “not at all.”

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John M. Broder. "Views on Money for Iraq War, and What Else Could Be Done With It." New York Times. April 14, 2008.

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