U.S. has spent $4.3 trillion on Iraq, Afghan and other recent wars, new study finds

Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs has just published its accounting of U.S. overseas conflicts covering 2001 to present.
The figures include previous and new defence spending for combat operations in  Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Syria.
The actual wars are estimated to cost $4.3 trillion U.S. That overall figure also includes increased spending on veterans from those wars. In addition, the cost figure includes $783 billion in spending for the