Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R), speaks while Joint Economic Committee Chairman Charles Schumer (D-NY) listens during a news conference to release a new report "exposing the hidden costs of the war on Iraq," in the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 13, 2007. A new study by congressional Democrats says "hidden costs" have driven the price of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to about $1.5 trillion, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES)