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Doubts on war in Afghanistan grow as price tag balloons
By: Bill O'ReillyMay 31, 2011
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Sydney Morning Herald: OF ALL the statistics the Obama administration's national security team will consider when it debates the troop reductions in Afghanistan, the most influential number probably will not be insurgents killed or territory won from the Taliban. Aides who will take part in the debate say it will be the cost of the war. The US military will spend $US113 billion ($A105 billion) in Afghanistan this fiscal year, and it is seeking $US107 billion for the next. To many of President Barack Obama's civilian advisers, that price is too high, given a wide federal budget gap that will require further cuts to domestic programs and increased deficit spending.
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