Obama brought Office of Management and Budget chief Peter Orszag into Afghanistan-strategy meetings to explain how much escalation might cost.

奥巴马把行政管理和预算办公室执行官彼得·欧尔萨格请到阿富汗战略会议上，向其解释增兵将耗费的资金数额。

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"Current projections suggest we might be facing an escalation of cost, " deputy finance minister Jabu Moleketi announced in Pretoria.

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Meeting with Van der Veer in the Hague last November, Putin reportedly criticized the cost escalation.

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Beyond that, transportation costs from the farm to distribution centers and retailers will add more fuel to cost escalation.

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