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The Next US Invasion -- at a Campus Near You

Michael Schwartz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Training, US Military, Pentagon Spending, Rotc, Stony Brook University, ROTC Scholarships, Military Budget, Politics News
Michael Schwartz

People in universities are committed to establishing a "veteran friendly" campus, and some believe that bringing ROTC onto campus is a way to make veterans feels more comfortable. This is simply not true.

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Arms Trade: A "Booming" Business

Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Arms, Weapons, John Bolton, Barack Obama, Military Budget, United Nations, World News
Frida Berrigan

For 2010, total military spending is $680 billion, an increase of 3.9 percent, or $26 billion, over 2009. This is not the end of business as usual at the Pentagon.

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Starting Another Year of the War in Afghanistan

Norman Solomon | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Escalation, Barack Obama, Military Budget, War, World News
Norman Solomon

As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor for our strategy there.

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The F22: Toe of the Dragon

John Feffer | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: F-22, Pentagon, Military Budget, World News
John Feffer

President Obama has started his fight with America's great dragon, the military-industrial complex. The toe, in this case, is the F-22, a stealth fighter jet.

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Reading the Pictures: F-22 Slapped Around A Little, But Oh Still So Hot

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

Read More: F-22, F-22 Crash, F-22 Appropriation, Military, House, F-22 Senate Vote, Stealth, Wsj, Raptor, Congress, Sexy, Edwards Air Force Base, Phallic, Congress Military Budget, Military Budget, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-07-22-shaw2.jpgThere's whitewash and greenwash and there's also Raptorwash.

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A Victory For Sensible Defense

The Progress Report | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, F-22, Robert Gates, Obama Military, Congress Mili, US Military, Military Spending, Military Budget, Politics News
The Progress Report

The Center for American Progress Action Fund has launched the Sensible Defense campaign to "hold Congress accountable for putting wasteful defense spending back into the budget."

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Sahil Kapur

Defense Contractors Lobby For More F-22s, Obama Threatens Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Budget, Lockheed Martin, Military-Industrial Complex, Boeing, F-22 Raptor, Saxby Chambliss, Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Transparency, Politics News

The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...

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Six Years into the Iraq War: Can We Still Be a Superpower?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraq War, Empire, Economic Stimulus Package, Military, Stimulus Package, Superpower, Sixth Anniversary of Iraq War, Climate Change, Media, Iraq Rejects U.S. Military Bases, YES! Magazine, Weapons, Military Budget, Iraq, World News
Sarah van Gelder

But if we are clear, now, about the failure of the neoconservative agenda of global dominance, the question remains: How should the U.S. relate to the rest of the world?

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Guns, Butter, and Obama

Conn Hallinan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Obama Transition, US Military, Obama Pentagon, Barack Obama, Military Budget, Politics News
Conn Hallinan

The combination of lobbying and PAC money that pours into election coffers every two years gives the arms industry enormous influence.

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For Obama: A Five-Point Foreign Policy Agenda

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Military, Nuclear Weapons, Superpower, Terrorism, Military Bases, Sustainability, Financial Crisis, Obama Transition, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation, Just Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Military Budget, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, War on Terror, President Obama, America Global Police, Obama Administration, Obama Foreign Policy Team, War in Iraq, National Security Council's Global Trends 2050 Report, YES! Magazine, Post-9/11 Foriegn Policy, American Domination, President Elect Obama, World News
Sarah van Gelder

We no longer can afford to be the world's biggest military spender, and although the world looks to us for leadership, it has rejected domination.

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Now is Our Time: Ask Barack for a Just Foreign Policy

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bolivia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Latin American, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Military Budget, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Obama promised to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, invoking the example of FDR, whose "Good Neighbor" policy swore off U.S. military intervention.

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IBM Joins Pentagon In Attempt To Create Electronic Cat Brains

Wired | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Cats, Ibm, Animals, Darpa, Catbrains, Lolcats, Military Budget, Green News

IBM is that latest company to join in the Pentagon's quest to make electronics that mimic the "function, size, and power consumption" of a cat's brain...

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GOP Wins War Funding Showdown: $70B Provided For Iraq, Afghanistan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Breaking Politics News, War Funding, Military Budget, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, handing a victory to President Bush and his GOP all...

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