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BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of the Iraq war could top $2 trillion, far above the White House's pre-war projections, when long-term costs such as lifetime health care for thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers are included, a study said on Monday.

Columbia University economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard lecturer Linda Bilmes included in their study disability payments for the 16,000 wounded U.S. soldiers, about 20 percent of whom suffer serious brain or spinal injuries.

They said U.S. taxpayers will be burdened with costs that linger long after U.S. troops withdraw.
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生词表:
  • economist [i´kɔnəmist] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.经济学家;节俭的人 四级词汇
  • lecturer [´lektʃərə] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.演讲者;讲师 六级词汇
  • spinal [´spainl] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.脊椎骨,脊骨的 六级词汇