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How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military Spending, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, Military, Cold War, US Military Iraq, Politics News
Doug Bandow

Washington is spending more today on its military now than it did when the U.S. was confronting the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Maoist China, and assorted Third World autocracies. Whatever could justify such outlays?

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Sam Stein

Dem Rep: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Will Be Repealed Shortly

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Murphy, Clinton Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Gays Military, Dadt, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Murphy Gay Politics, Murphy Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama Murphy, Politics News

The point man in Congress on overturning a law banning openly gay people from serving in the military predicted on Friday that the repeal would come s...

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And the War Drags On: Hot Zones, Cold Logic, and the Challenge of Peace

Randall Amster | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, Politics News, Military, Conflict, War, Environment, Woodstock, Gandhi, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Randall Amster

Despite the gains reflected today in the legal and cultural shifts, we are still embroiled in military conflicts that appear long-term and intractable.

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What Would Be the Result of Quitting AfPak?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Governance, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, 9/11, Taliban, Proportionality, Military, Ethics, Stephen c.rose, Afbak, Foreign Affairs, Un, Casualties, International, World News
Stephen C. Rose

In essence, if we avoided a disproportionate response, we would be doing what I believe we should have done after 9/11. We didn't and look what happened.

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Universal Health Care and a small village in Germany

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Germany, Military, Obamacare, United Kingdom, Health, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Hal Donahue

European and other nations' healthcare is being attacked as a failure. This is not a misunderstanding; it is a lie.

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Videos Explode Teabaggers' Health Care Myths

The Uptake | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Marines, Military, Army, Teabaggers, Vets, Insurance, Obamacare, Air Force, Health Insurance, Navy, Teabagger, Medicare, Health Care, Healthcare, Veterans, Politics News
The Uptake

You may have heard that "Obamacare" will euthanize Grandma and force you to lose your medicare coverage. You may have heard that veterans will lose co...

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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Army To Move More Than 1,100 Desert Tortoises

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Stories, Military, Tortoises, Endangered Species, Mass Tortoise Reolcation, Animals, Federal Bureau of Land Management, Green News

As it prepares to expand training operations at Ft. Irwin in the Mojave Desert, the U.S. Army is again proposing to move more than 1,100 threatened Ca...

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The Bomb at 64: Let's Retire It

William Hartung | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, John F. Kennedy, Anti-Nuclear Summit, Henry Kissinger, John Bolton, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Hiroshima Anniversary, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
William Hartung

Presidents from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, have called for nuclear disarmament. But no president in the nuclear age has spoken of it as often as Barack Obama.

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UN Report Confirms Troop Increases Fail to Reduce Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.01.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Military, Rethink Afghanistan, Mcchrystal, Civilian Casualties, Escalation, War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Drones, World News
Derrick Crowe

U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have increased every year since 2001. In every year since systematic civilian casualty data collection started, civilian casualties caused by pro-government have increased.

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Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire

Chalmers Johnson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empire, US Military, Military, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Foreign Affairs, Imperialism, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Chalmers Johnson

Few empires of the past voluntarily gave up their dominions in order to remain independent, self-governing polities. If we do not learn from their examples, our decline and fall is foreordained.

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ReThinking The Iron Giant: Cold War Anti-Gun Fun...For Kids!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, War, Gun Control, Militarism, The Iron Giant, Cold War, Movie Reviews, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Brad Bird, Kids, Film Critic, Kids Movies, Anti-Gun, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

What's an anti-violence parent/babysitter to do? Isn't there a kids' movie out there that's fun and adventurous while advocating non-violence?

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Departed, or Deported at Gunpoint?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Zelaya, Coup D'etat, Military, Micheletti, Wall Street Journal, Gunpoint, Media News
Carol Felsenthal

No matter how one feels about the recent events in Honduras that saw the elected president, Manuel Zelaya arrested and then deported, the word "departed" does not describe his removal.

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US Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls In Afghanistan

AFP | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

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The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces, officials sai...

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Healing Heroes and Helping Hounds

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Wounded Warrior, Military, Al Franken, Shelter Dogs, Guide Dogs, Service Dogs, Ed Whitfield, Ron Klein, Animals, Dogs, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Tamar Geller, Green News
Michael Markarian

Operation Heroes and Hounds is a way to support the men and women who served our country, and give a second chance to the animals who ended up in shelters through no fault of their own.

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The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Anemia, US Military, Military, Newborns, Health, Screening, Food Additives, Racism, Food, Genetics, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Soy, g6pd, Malaria, The Balanced Life, Living News
Randall Amster

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

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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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Pitchforks, Torches and Tivos (A Conniption Over Harsh Words About A Captive U.S. Soldier)

David Quigg | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Bowe Bergdahl, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Prisoner of War, Taliban, Ralph Peters, Daily Kos, Afghanistan War, Cnn, Jonathan Turley, Army, Military, Anti-War Movement, Activism, Fox News, Torture, Politics News
David Quigg

However bizarre, however stupefyingly premature the Fox pundit's words are, they are something other than what they have become in the re-telling.

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Fox News Military Analyst Continues to Blame the Troops

Thom Hartmann | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Ralph-Peters, Desertion, Military, Execution, Taliban, Media News
Thom Hartmann

Shouldn't we take this opportunity to have a national conversation on our broken military?

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A Soldier's March For Peace, and Why Social Media Really Matters

Lauren Melcher | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, National Guard, Twitter, Military, Social Networking, A Soldier's March for Peace, Dina Fesler, Facebook, War Kids Relief, Gunnar Swanson, Living News
Lauren Melcher

Gunnar Swanson is an Iraq war veteran who wants to make sure we all think about kids in war zones and how to ensure that they have opportunities for productive and healthy futures.

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Franken's First Bill: Service Dogs For Vets

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, War Veterans, Military, Minnesota, Army Suicides, Iraq War, Al Franken, Minnesota Senator, Service Animals, Veterans, Politics News

Freshman Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced his first legislative initiative on Monday -- a bill to provide service dogs to wounded veterans. Franke...

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The Undoing of Gen. T. Michael Moseley: A Cautionary Tale About the Military/Industrial Complex

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Dod, US Military, Thunderbirds, Hornburg, Military, Favoritism, Air Force, Nuclear Missiles, Waste, Military-Reform, Edward Shipley, Secretary Wynne, Justice Department, Military Contracts, Veterans, T. Michael Moseley, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

This tale recounts the interwoven fate of an Air Force Chief of Staff, potentially disastrous handling of nuclear weapons, and a financial advising company with more than 300,000 military personnel as investors.

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Happy Doomsday to You!

Randall Amster | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Military, Apocalypse, Armageddon, Environment, Financial Crisis, Climate Change, Future, Peace, Global Warming, Civilization, Warfare, Water, Food, Sustainability, Technology, Natural Resources, Growth, Green News
Randall Amster

Yes, it's the end of the world as we know it ... and it really is all fine.

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Military EATR Robot Could Feed On Dead Bodies On Battlefield

Fox News | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, US Military, Robotic Technology Inc., Military, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Technology, Robots, Afghanistan War, Advocacy, Eatr, World News

It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology -- and a 20th-century horror movie. A Maryland company under contract to...

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U.S. Department of Defense to Use Hummingbirds as Spies

Levi Novey | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: US Military, Aircraft, Military, Department of Defense, Hummingbird, Spies, Birds, Spying, Technology, Robots, Robot, Green News
Levi Novey

Robotic hummingbirds will be able to discretely enter areas where people would not be able to go without being detected and will look so realistic that people could easily be fooled.

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