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The true costs of war.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The true costs of war.(Editorials)(Obama reverses photo ban, puts war in budget)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Byline: The Register-Guard

Unlike his predecessor, President Obama wants the American people to understand the true human and financial costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Tuesday's speech to a joint session of Congress, Obama announced that he will end the charade of not including the anticipated cost of the wars in the federal budget.

The Bush administration did not include war spending in its budgets. Instead, it relied on emergency or supplemental requests to Congress.

There was a reason for that sleight of accounting. At...

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