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Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey SmithiWatch NewsThe chairman of a House subcommittee that helps shape the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), has bee...

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Will the $55 billion bomber program fly?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: B-2 Spirit, Norton Schwartz, Conflict, B-2, Pentagon, B-2s, Stealth Aircraft, War, Usd, United States, B-1 Lancer, China, United States Marine Corps, Air Force, Strategic Bomber, James Cartwright, America, Obama Administration, Eighth Air Force, Bomber, Northrop Grumman, Bomber Aircraft, F-22 Raptor, Robert Gates, B-52 Stratofortress, New Generation Bomber, Tom Christie, B-1, Afghanistan, Jet Aircraft, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By David Axe, iWatch NewsWhen the Obama administration dispatched three B-2 bombers from a Missouri air base on March 19 last year to cross the ocea...

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Nukes for the Troops? - The Absurdity of Uncritical Support for the Pentagon

William Hartung | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, Nuclear Weapons, Lockheed Martin, John Bolton, Neocon, Obama, Military Budget, Boeign, Politics News
William Hartung

Uncritical support of Pentagon spending will make us weaker, not stronger. We need to get our fiscal house in order while still finding money to invest in the pillars of a strong economy.

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PHOTOS: Cutting Edge Drones

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012

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President Barack Obama unveiled his defense strategy, which features an emphasis on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) or Drones. This coming fresh o...

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The Devil Is in the Details of the Pentagon's Plan

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Northrop Grumman, Military, Defense, Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Panetta, Boeing, Spending, Budget, War Profiteers, Robert Greenwald, Derrick Crowe, Brave New Foundation, Video, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

Will super-rich war-industry CEOs be able to keep bilking taxpayers out of hundreds of billions of dollars? That's the question everyone should be ask...

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World's Largest Weapons Exporters

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Boeing, Russia, Lockheed Martin, Military Industrial Complex, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Raytheon, United States, General Dynamics, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, United States Military, Northrop Grumman, Dwight Eisenhower, Military, Germany, South Korea, Slidepollajax, Japan, Iraq, Kuwait, China, World News
Howard Steven Friedman

Not surprisingly, the United States is by far the largest arms exporter, with Russia being the only country with more than half the value of military exports.

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The Myth of Military Contracting

Max Stanley | Posted 01.03.2012

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Max Stanley

The war industry stood back with glee when it released a shoddy study that produced the sought-after deceptive headlines about defense spending, the magic sauce of job creation.

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Meet the 0.01 Percent: War Profiteers

Robert Greenwald | Posted 12.27.2011

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Robert Greenwald

There's the top 1% of wealthy Americans (bankers, oil tycoons, hedge fund managers) and there's the top 0.01% of wealthy Americans: the military contractor CEOs.

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Lockheed Martin's CEO Wants Your Social Security Check

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Boeing, Social Security, Committee, Lockheed Martin, Project on Government Oversight, Murray, Clyburn, Jobs, Pogo, Hensarling, Salon, Brave New Foundation, Danielle Brian, Deficit, Northrop Grumman, War Costs, Kyl, Medicare, Alternet, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Nick Turse, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

Military contractors are crying crocodile tears right now about the "fragility" of their industry. But in fact that industry is flush with cash, and will do or say anything to protect the one thing they care about above all else: profit.

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Defense and Aerospace Industry Should be Redirected to Renewable Energy Technology

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Boeing, Congress, Nasa, Federal Spending, President Obama, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Defense and Aerospace, Defense Spending, Green Energy, Job Creation, Green Energy Economy, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Green News
Lloyd Chapman

If we redirected 25 percent of defense spending to renewable energy, we could spur competition and innovation amongst the top defense contractors for federal renewable energy contracts instead of military contracts.

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Conservative Californians Propel Rick Perry To The Top

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Chase Davis | Posted 10.11.2011

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This story comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Chase Davis The news this week that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is all but certain to enter t...

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Made in America: Gates' NATO Slam Is About Selling Death & Destruction, Our Top Export

Brian Ross | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Nato, Military, Defense Industry, Robert Gates, Boeing, US Military, War, Moammar Gadhafi, Libya, Afghanistan, Libyan Rebels, Politics News
Brian Ross

NATO was the Obama Administration's answer to a long call by social liberals and fiscal libertarians to make the other countries of the world step-up to these moral imperatives and pay a bigger part of the way. It has been a spectacular failure.

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Source: Hackers Breached Security Networks Of U.S. Military Contractors

Reuters | Jim Finkle and Andrea Shalal-Esa | Posted 07.27.2011

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By Jim Finkle and Andrea Shalal-Esa BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Cor...

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High-Tech Spy Plane Can Fly Manned Or Unmanned

Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Spy Plane, Northrop Grumman Firebird, Video, Northrop Grumman, Firebird, Firebird Aircraft, Technology News

(AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST) LOS ANGELES -- Northrop Grumman Corp. on Monday unveiled a new type of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft...

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WATCH: HuffPost's Marcus Baram Discusses Corporations Doing Business In Libya On MSNBC

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huff TV

Huffington Post Reporter Marcus Baram appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday to discuss U.S. corporations that have had business dealings in Libya. Baram recen...

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America to its Military-Industrial Complex: Happy Valentine's Day!

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Williams

An 18-day peaceful revolution has just toppled Egypt's 30-year Mubarak dictatorship. As the free-falling government dispatched American-made F-16s to...

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Obama State of the Union Speech will be Predictable for the Middle Class

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) is predicting that President Obama will rely on the same tired rhetoric regarding economic stimulus, while continuing to ignore the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.

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The Sleek, Speedy Passenger Planes Of 2025

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Get ready for the next generation of passenger airplanes. NASA has taken the wraps off three concept designs for quiet, energy efficient aircraft th...

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FDIC Forum Ignores #1 Challenge for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

Let's just try something crazy like not giving federal small business contracts to some of the biggest companies in the world, and instead direct those dollars to the nation's 27 million small businesses.

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McKeon: For Weapons Makers, the Buck Starts Here

William Hartung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Deficits, Boeing, Military Budget, Howard McKeon, Deficit, Pentagon Spending, Federal Budget Deficit, Deficit Commission, Politics News
William Hartung

One common theme that runs through deficit proposals is the need to make substantial cuts in Pentagon spending. But there will be another obstacle before real savings can be reaped: pork barrel politics.

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Obama Administration Wants Secret "Blacklist" for Pentagon Contractors

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boeing, Senate, Tech America, Small Business, Blacklist, National Defense Authorization Act, Acquisition Reform Working Group, Asbl, American Small Business League, Contracts, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small business advocates have raised concerns a section of the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act will be used to threaten and intimidate small businesses that take issue with DoD's small business contracting practices.

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The US Defense Establishment Is Tied Inextricably to China

Rizwan Ladha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boeing, Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, Military, Department of Defense, Raytheon, United States, China, Defense, National Security, China Economy, World News
Rizwan Ladha

The ability of the United States to defend itself through all three legs -- land, air and sea -- is contingent upon its continued cooperation with its largest economic rival, China.

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Corporations Profit from Permanent War: Memorial Day 2010

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Northrop Grumman, Center for Constitutional Rights, Military, Military Industrial Complex, Memorial Day, Lockheed Martin, War on Terror, Corporations, Military Spending, Boeing, Guantanamo, Assassination, Drones, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Bill Quigley

Corporations are profiting from wars and lobbying politicians for more. The US, and the rest of the world, cannot afford the rising personal and financial costs of permanent war.

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Media Coverage of State of the Union Address Will Ignore Obama's Empty Promises to Middle Class

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

President Obama's State of the Union address this evening will be dissected by thousands of journalists across the nation. Panels of journalists and p...

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Obama State of the Union Address Will be More Rhetoric and No Substance for The Middle Class

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

I can already hear the empty pandering to the middle class in President Obama's State of the Union speech. He will be reading one of the most well wri...

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