Joint Economic Committee - Majority

War at Any Cost? The Total Economic Cost of the War Beyond the Federal Budget
Thursday February 28th, 2008


Opening Statements:	Chairman Schumer's Opening Statement
	Congresswoman Maloney's Opening Statement
Witnesses:	Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University, Nobel Laureate
	Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International)
	Rand Beers, President, National Security Network
	Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow at iGrowthGlobal
Charts and Graphs	The Administration Wants To spend $435 Million On Iraq Every Day, Each Year That Money Could Be Used To:
	Federal Spending on Iraq War vs. Other Priorities
	Costs Incurred and Requested for the War In Iraq (2003-2008)
	Costs Incurred and Requested for the War In Iraq (2003-2017)
	Federal Spending on Iraq Continues to Skyrocket Spending on Afghanistan Flatlines
Location:	106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:	9:30 AM
Press Advisory:	WITH FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ WAR NEARING, JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE INCREASINGLY HIGH COSTS OF WAR
Additional Resources:	Watch the Hearing
	Read The JEC Report, "War an Any Price? the Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget"