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Full Text of S & P’s Downgrade of America’s AAA rating to AA+ – Outlook Negative

See updates below X1 United States of America Long-Term Rating Lowered To ‘AA+’ On Political Risks And Rising Debt Burden; Outlook Negative We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ and affirmed the ‘A-1+’ short-term rating. We have also removed both the short- and long-term ratings from CreditWatch negative. The [...]

New Report: Estimated cost of post-9/11 wars: 225,000 lives, up to $4 trillion

New report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies – PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Nearly 10 years after the declaration of the War on Terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have killed at least 225,000 people, including men and women in uniform, contractors, and civilians. The wars will cost [...]