Arms Exports

Take This Job and... Transform It

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

John Feffer

If we don't transform military jobs into green manufacturing jobs, the US won't simply lose its ranking in the global economy. We will be dragged down by a self-defeating policy: peddling weapons that perpetuate the itch they are meant to scratch.

Arming the Saudis

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephen Zunes

The Pentagon has announced a $60 billion arms package to the repressive family dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, the largest arms sale of its kind in history.

Obama Administration Pushing To Expand U.S. Arms Exports By Gutting Approval Process

McClatchy | Maggie Bridgeman | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The United States is currently the world biggest weapons supplier — holding 30 per cent of the market — but the Obama administrati...