America is also seeking international help with post-war costs, and here, too, there are problems.
Brock Blomberg, at Claremont McKenna College, said it is best to exclude war costs in assessing Sept. 11.
Keen to keep Malaysia competitive, the prime minister has recently declared war on costs and set a target of zero inflation, though the current 3.5% rate is already the envy of other countries.
Today, we pay solemn tribute to service members who bore war's tragic costs as prisoners of war and those missing in action.
The war's costs to our nation have been staggering.
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After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war.
Moreover, the human costs of war, terrorism and slavery seem to defy any financial calculation.
But in response to a question that stresses only the costs of war, not benefits, 43% still back action.
An added 4% of cost increases result from growth in the scope of the development program at the behest of the government, and additional costs for war reserve spare parts.
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Both Kerry and Hagel are combat veterans who have seen the costs of war firsthand, and they thus remain more squeamish about making mistakes than many of the civilian leaders who have sent troops into harm's way.
So Americans understand the costs of war.
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In America , war jitters and rising fuel costs contributed to a sharp decline in consumer confidence.
Zimbabwe's involvement in Congo's war continues unabated and its costs are rising in both human and financial terms.
Furthermore, the costs of the War on Drugs are always underestimated.
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He refused to provide Congress with any estimate of the costs of the war before it started and while both houses were considering his budget plans.
"The budget is reasonably honest, and in fact, I give them credit for having brought on line and made clear the costs of the war, " Gregg told NPR's Melissa Block.
While each of these states continues to supply assistance to its respective proxy in Cambodia, all three now appear to recognize that the war is imposing unacceptably high costs both on their reeling economies and on their international standing.
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He maintains that there is no such thing as bad publicity and that the fights he picks are all intended to drive home the message that Ryanair's approach to costs is a war that has to be ruthlessly conducted on many fronts.
And when the war was over, they both decided to go to Baghdad and to meet people, like Sergio Vieira de Mello, head of the UN there at the time, and hopefully to meet with refugees in cells to discuss the humanitarian costs of the war.
Ford's automotive operations in North America are hemorrhaging, amid a vicious price war, high plant and labor costs and plummeting market share.
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In the face of record deficits, ballooning entitlement costs and an indefinite war, the government plans to subsidize part of the analog-to-digital switch.
He could also reveal more details about the possible costs of a prolonged war in Iraq, which could add pressure to next year's budget settlement.
And I know that Israeli leaders also know all too well the costs and consequences of war, even as they recognize their obligation to defend their country.
Despite the costs associated with the Korean War, the next increase did not come until 1954.
Not the costs of cleaning it up with the costs of the whole wider war.
Turkey desperately needs such assistance to cope with the lingering, devastating effects on its economy of the last Gulf War and to cushion it from the costs of the next one.
Fourth, the fantastic costs associated with the Vietnam War created huge inflationary pressures which drove down the value of USDs as compared with gold (even at the fixed rate of exchange).
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Turkey desperately needs such assistance to cope with the lingering, devastating effects on its economy of the last Persian Gulf war and to cushion it from the costs of the next one.
To the extent that consumers and firms are postponing spending decisions because of nervousness about an impending war, they may find cheaper borrowing costs less of an incentive than they otherwise would.
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