Post-9/11 Costs of War Exceed $1.5 Trillion

Posted on Aug.29, 2018 in budget, Dept of Defense by Steven Aftergood

“Since September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense (DoD) has obligated $1,500.8 billion for war-related costs.” That’s the headline from the latest report to Congress on the post-9/11 costs of war, according to the Pentagon’s own reckoning. See Cost of War Update as of March 31, 2018 (FY 2018, Quarter 2). Independent estimates of military spending that use […]https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2018/08/dod-costs-of-war/