DoD spent $4.7 billion for Venezeula, Caribbean operations: Report

The United States’ military campaign in the Western Hemisphere has cost American taxpayers at least $4.7 billion over the past eight months, according to a new report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University.In what they call a “conservative estimate” based on limited public information, authors Hanna Homestead and Jennifer Kavanagh offer a detailed breakdown of the costs of U.S. military operations since August of last year. This includes naval, aircraft, and special forces deployments...