DOD Wants $70 Billion More for Wars
WASHINGTON — The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help...
WASHINGTON — The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help...
Bobby Muller | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Simple morality, and sense of decency, demands a change. We cannot continue taking such gross advantage of those who have offered themselves in service to our country.
Gareth Porter | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
Vital new programs for returning troops are going to be put on hold while Congress and the president play games.
Think Progress | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics
Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that three of its Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz had been harassed and provoked by Iranian speedboats. The Na...
Associated Press | John Milburn | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom said Tuesday that it has evidence showing that soldiers ar...
Wired | Noah Shachtman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics
A new bill passed by Congress means you can no longer be a member of the military and a member of a gang at the same time. The 2008 Defense authoriza...
Dan Agin | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
That $475 billion for the Grand Old Party Iraq War did not get burned up in a bonfire, it just moved into the private bank accounts of defense contractor and subcontractor executives and shareholders.
Bobby Muller | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
The Survival Guide will help current servicemembers navigate through DoD programs and will help veterans with critical issues like re-employment rights and homeless veterans programs.
Robert Koehler | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics
When a few kids in peace T-shirts are able to scare up the racism of past generations and expose theirrationality that constitutes the public's support of war, we may again be witnessing the beginning of change.
Johanna Mendelson Forman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
The asymmetry of funds between our national security and development accounts provides few alternatives to our leaders when they must move quickly to stabilize a region.
Chris Kelly | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics
Mitt Romney celebrated Veterans Day with a message. A promise. A pledge: To cut veterans' hospitals, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare and spend the money on weapons.
Hal Donahue | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics
While the public supports our fallen, the community's feelings for the wounded and injured among us are much more complex and nowhere as strong.
Andy Worthington | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
Sixteen months after the first deaths, it is surely time for the investigators of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to deliver their verdict.
The Body Politik | Igor Volsky | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
The ACLU is reporting that the Department of Defense improperly collaborated with the FBI and issued "hundreds of national security letters (NSLs) to ...
Wendy Button | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics
If every week we are honest and open about the lives we lose, then we must be honest and open about the lives that hurt.
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AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics