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npr.org - 11/11/2008

Linda Bilmes on Our 'Three Trillion Dollar War'

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Fresh Air from WHYY , March 3, 2008 The cost of war in Iraq reaches far beyond the tab for bullets and bombs, says professor Linda Bilmes, co-author (with Joseph Stiglitz, our guest in the second half of today's show ) of the new book The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq ...

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