Is There a Chance That Even Your Number Approach One Million Could Be an Undercount?

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For every direct death in a conflict, there are at least three times as many more people who have died indirectly. 38 million people have been displaced by the post nine 11 wars. As we close 20 years of war and strife and pain and sacrifice, it's time to look at the future,. ot the past, to future that's safer, to future mor secure tho future"

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.

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