Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The estimate is not a full accounting of the war's cost, however. https://cnn.it/4AmQ1Ko

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