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  two reports same day
  A new study by Columbia University economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001, and Harvard lecturer Linda Bilmes concludes that the total costs of the Iraq war could top the $2 trillion mark.
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/01…

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  "We will settle for nothing less than complete victory," the president said.

  Bush acknowledged deep differences over his Iraq policy but said, "Support for the mission in Iraq should not be a partisan matter." He said Americans should hold their leaders to account for how they conduct the debate over the war.

  "We also have an opportunity this year to show the Iraqi people what responsible debate in democracy looks like," he said.

  http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds…

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