Buck Mckeon

Economic Security Is National Security

Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld | Posted 05.21.2012

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Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld

It sounds easy to throw money at the Pentagon and buy more security. But we all know that's not how security works -- it's like investing tens of thousands in a terrific alarm system for your house, then leaving your windows open.

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Posturing on Plutonium

William Hartung | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Mckeon, Iran, Buck Mckeon, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, START Congress, Start Obama, Start Treaty, Rep. Michael Turner, Politics News
William Hartung

The last thing we should be doing at this point in our history is indulging Turner's "proliferation posse." At a time when our safety depends on reducing global nuclear arsenals, their ideas are dangerous, unnecessary and unaffordable.

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Max J. Rosenthal

Public Opinion Blocked On Afghan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Adam Smith, Video, Afghanistan, Ndaa, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, Buck Mckeon, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Defense Budget, Afghanistan War, Adam Smith NDAA, Politics News

While public opinion has turned firmly against the war in Afghanistan, falling to another all-time low in an Associated Press poll on Wednesday, Repub...

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Max J. Rosenthal

The Hidden Costs Of War Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Video, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Buck Mckeon, Defense Spending, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, Defense Budget, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Defense spending has boomed in the post-9/11 era, creating new jobs and programs to support American military operations around the worl...

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Details Emerge On Congressman's Sweetheart Deal

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Documents detail the terms of a discounted mortgage loan received by U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial...

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Behind Closed Doors: Congress Trying to Force Indefinite Detention Bill on Americans

Christopher E. Anders | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Adam Smith, John McCain, Lisa Monaco, James Clapper, National Defense Authorization Act, John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Robert Mueller, David Petraeus, Ndaa, Buck Mckeon, Carl Levin, Politics News
Christopher E. Anders

Secret deals for indefinite military detention without charge or trial? Tell Congress we are better than that. It's not who we are as Americans, and it is not the country or the world we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

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After the Deficit Committee, A New Propaganda Push From the War Profiteers

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Aerospace Industries Association, Political Economy Research Institute, Robert Pollin, Pentagon, Debt, Peri, Buck Mckeon, Leon Panetta, Bill Hartung, Supercommittee, Second to None, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation, Deficit, Military, Lloyd Dumas, War Costs, Marion Blakey, Derrick Crowe, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

We've got to push back with the truth: military spending costs jobs compared to other ways of spending the money.

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Top 5 Taxpayer Turkeys Fattening War Industry CEOs

Robert Greenwald | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: F-35, Afghanistan War, Congressional Supercommittee, Congress, Brave New Foundation, Federal Budget Deficit, Jon Kyl, Iraq War, War Costs, Robert Greenwald, Buck Mckeon, Osprey, Veterans, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

As Americans take stock this Thanksgiving holiday, we thought it appropriate we expose some other turkeys that the war industry is celebrating this holiday season.

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Republican Hypocrisy On Government Job Creation Exposed

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, Gop Defense Cuts, Buck Mckeon, Public Sector, Defense Cuts, Stimulus, Pentagon Spending, Mckeon, Video, Military, Defense, Super Committee, Military Spending, Randy Forbes, Government Jobs, Defense Spending, Republicans Defense Cuts, Job Creation, Defense Department, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The same Republicans who insist that federal spending doesn't create jobs and should be cut in the face of staggering deficits are leadi...

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Andrea Stone

Gay Troops Gather To Face Post-DADT Challenges

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.10.2011

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LAS VEGAS -- Just weeks after gays and lesbians celebrated the repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, more than 200 active-duty mili...

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Max J. Rosenthal

Defense Secretary Blasts Congressional 'Dysfunctionality'

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Super Congress, Video, Department of Defense, Super Committee, Budget Cuts, Budget, Debt Ceiling Super Congress, Buck Mckeon, Defense Spending, Leon Panetta, Defense Budget, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, House Armed Services Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sharply criticized Congress for its han...

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The Stench of Elitism in the Defense Budget

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Deficit, Department of Defense, Debt Ceiling, Admiral Mike Mullen, Buck Mckeon, Defense Spending, Leon Panetta, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

Cutting the defense budget is the target of rhetorical gibberish, just as President George Bush warned of a "mushroom cloud" over America if we didn't invade Iraq. Nonetheless, it is politically potent and intimidating to opponents who might otherwise speak up.

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Armed Services Chairman: U.S. Could Bring Back Draft

Posted 11.21.2011

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by Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The House Armed Services Committee chairman is warning that further reductions to projected defens...

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House Armed Services Chair Rejects Gang Of Six Plan Over Defense Cuts

AOL Defense | Colin Clark | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Debt, Gang of Six Debt Plan, Dod, Buck Mckeon Gang of Six, Department of Defense, Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Buck Mckeon Debt, Buck Mckeon, Gang of Six, Defense Spending, Pentagon Budget, Department of Defense Budget, Gang of Six Deficit Plan, Politics News

Washington: The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today rejected the Senate's Gang of Six budget plan, saying it cut far too much from th...

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More Political Wrangling Over the National Security State

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Mitch McConnell, Counterterrorism, Human Rights First, Buck Mckeon, Human Rights, Cia, National Security, Terrorism, Criminal Justice, Republicans, Chesney, Warsame, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his colleagues are predictably using the Obama Administration's latest successful arrest and indictment of a suspected terrorist to bash the Democratic administration.

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Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Expanding War and Restricting Prosecution of Terrorists

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Federal Courts, Military Commissions, Buck Mckeon, Veto, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, Terrorism, Ndaa, President Obama, Aumf, Guantanamo, War on Terror, Detainees, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

As House Republicans continue to press for new and expanded war authority, the White House has issued a rare threat to veto any legislation that would needlessly expand the war on terror.

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Republicans Quietly Press for Dangerous Expansion of War on Terror

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, War Criminals, War on Terror, National Defense Authorization Act, Terrorism, 9/11, Eric Holder, Hezbollah, Michael Mukasey, Buck Mckeon, Congress, War Crimes, Iran, Military Commissions, National Security, Justice Department, Ndaa, September 11th, Defense Department, Daqduq, World News
Daphne Eviatar

While Congressional Republicans argue publicly they're not seeking to expand the War on Terror beyond its current parameters, they're quietly making clear elsewhere that they intend to do just that.

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New GOP Lawmakers Don't Walk The Walk On Spending Issue

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — Hard-charging Republicans who rallied voters last year with cries of "Stop the spending, ban the earmarks" are quietly offering a m...

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Representatives Defend Joint Strike Fighter Program Against 'Irresponsible' Budget Cuts

Posted 06.05.2011

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By Colin Clark Editor, AOL Defense WASHINGTON -- As GOP budget ace Rep. Paul Ryan rolled out his ambitious 2012 budget plan, supporters of the c...

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Buck McKeon's Mormon Holy War in Afghanistan

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Kelly

McKeon is the next chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He doesn't have any military experience and spent the Vietnam era on a Mormon missionary retreat. You can see why he's the perfect man to oversee America's defense budget.

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Conyers, McKeon: Petraeus Must Testify on Afghanistan Review

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Naiman

People rightly complain that there is not enough reporting about Afghanistan policy. Put Petraeus on the witness stand; I guarantee the press will come.

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Amanda Terkel

Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Wants Gen. Petraeus To Testify On Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It's the rare issue that unites Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), but the call for Gen. David Petraeus to testify...

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Congress vs. the World

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buck Mckeon, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, National Security, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Start Treaty, Congress, Dancing With the Stars, President Netanyahu, House Armed Services Committee, State Department, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

The conservative disdain for the START treaty reveals a mindset stuck somewhere between Bonaparte and Khrushchev: when the world obeyed old white guys drinking scotch and issuing rules from occupied castles.

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: GOP Lawmaker Says Repealing DADT This Year Would Be An 'Affront To The Military'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that Democrats' last-minute ...

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Jason Linkins

Meet Your Incoming House Committee Chairs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Lamar Smith, Darrell Issa, Hal Rogers, Buck Mckeon, Peter King, House Committees, Steve King, Dave Camp, House of Representatives, Joe Barton, John Boehner, Slidepollajax, Fred Upton, Spencer Bachus, Joe Pitts, Paul Ryan, Politics News

With the GOP taking over the House of Representatives, there's going to be a major change in direction legislatively. John Boehner's charges will take...

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