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26 October
5:18 pm

The most recent number for increased gasoline and diesel costs from the war is $120 billion, so the cost of the war is well over $200 billion.

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John Hickenlooper, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (9NEWS)

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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figures ($120 billion and over $200 billion total) attributed to NBC/Defense Department documents for the cost of a war — verifiable against the cited source and government records.
What we foundBrown University's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker put Americans' extra spending on gasoline and diesel above $100 billion by Sept. 7 and still rising, so $120 billion by mid-October is in line with it, if anything low. Moody's Analytics estimated on Oct. 13 that the war had cost U.S. households about $265 billion in all (energy, higher interest rates and military costs), consistent with 'well over $200 billion.'
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