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How much has the US spent on the war in Iran

NPR | By Leila Fadel

Published April 7, 2026 at 3:44 AM CDT

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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Mark Cancian, a retired Marine colonel and a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about how much the U.S. has spent on the Iran war.

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Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.