Federal Budget Analyst Examines Iraq War Spending

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published March 19, 2013 at 2:16 PM EDT

The U.S. government has spent more than $812 billion on the war in Iraq, according to the National Priorities Project, a research center based in Northampton Massachusetts. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill spoke with Christopher Hellman, a senior budget analyst at the National Priorities Project about what taxpayers got for their money in Iraq.

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