The cost of 9/11

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🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Department of Defense tracks how much US wars cost, but last week President Biden cited instead accounting from the Costs of War Project at Brown University. Its co-director, Stephanie Savell, explains why. Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.8	A week ago, today President Biden addressed the nation.
0:40.2	Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
0:47.7	The longest war in American history.
0:50.3	In his speech, he talked about the costs of war.
0:54.1	There's nothing low grade or low risk or low cost about any war.
0:59.2	It's time to end the war in Afghanistan.
1:01.7	And in explaining some of the costs, he cited the work of one particular group.
1:06.6	After more than $2 trillion spent in Afghanistan, the cost that researchers at Brown University
1:12.8	estimated would be over $300 million a day for 20 years in Afghanistan for two decades.
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