NEW YORK — How many times have you asked yourself the question, “If I hadn't spent this, what could I have bought?”

That can be true with wars, too.

The Trump administration's war with Iran, which cost the United States more than $11.3 billion during its first week, could have bought a lot of things. Sometimes figures are so big that it's hard to get your brain around them. Here, The Associated Press approximates what that kind of money could buy if it was broken down to smaller — and even individual — levels.

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