LIBYA

Cost of Libyan Intervention: $550 Million and Counting

Libyan rebels leave the rebel held port of Brega to the front line on March 29, as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi pushed rebels back in east Libya. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

Updated: March 29, 2011 | 5:00 p.m.
March 29, 2011 | 10:28 a.m.

Future Missions: 'Could Easily Pass the $1 Billion Mark'

The length and level of future U.S. involvement in Libya remains uncertain. However, Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, has said that U.S. costs could “easily pass the $1 billion mark on this operation, regardless of how well things go.”


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