The first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn had a price tag that was well over $100 million for the U.S. in missiles alone. (...) Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said on Monday that the U.S. costs could "easily pass the $1 billion mark on this operation, regardless of how well things go." (...) "If it goes on more than a month, we're going to be in the forefront [of operations] or we're going to let Qaddafi stick around," predicted former Defense comptroller Zakheim, who served under President George W. Bush. "The choices aren't very pleasant." http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/costs-of-libya-operation-already-piling-up-20110321 (the article has more details on costs).
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