Pentagon Budget

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The Pentagon's Black Hole

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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It's not that DOD is flunking audits. You flunk an audit when you track the money and find it was not spent as intended. DOD cannot track the money; the Department of Defense is unauditable.

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Cashing in the War Dividend: The Joys of Perpetual War

Jo Comerford | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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The tired peace dividend tug boat left the harbor two decades ago, dragging with it laughable hopes for universal health care and decent public education. Now, the mighty USS War Dividend is preparing to set sail.

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Is The U.S. Preparing To Bomb Iran? Pentagon Submits MOP Funding Request

ABC News | Jonathan Karl | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Is the U.S. stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities? The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-n...

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Warfare Over Health Care

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Iraq War, Warfare, Health Care Debate, F-22 Jet Fighter, Senate Finance Committee, Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Military Spending, Imperialism, Pentagon Budget, Empire, Health Care, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Senators are wrestling with saving a penny here and a penny there when they're aimed at bolstering people's health, but they believe the sky is the limit so long as the money is being funneled into foreign occupations.

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If It Squeals Like Pork...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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You can always use an extra transport plane -- that's the way I figured it. I knew just where to find one, too. I called Congress.

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Will Congress Put Useless Fighter Jets Above America?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Congress is about to throw $369 million (on a down-payment of $2 billion) for a dozen F-22 fighter jets that even the Pentagon doesn't want.

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Robert Gates Unleashed: "What Are They Going To Do, Fire Me?"

TIME | Joe Klein | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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A few weeks ago, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates trooped up to Capitol Hill to answer questions about the new Pentagon budget. This is an unseemly s...

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Stand by Your Word, Mr. President: End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Firing 50 men and women who are fluent in Arabic solely because they are gay when we are fighting in the Arabic-speaking world? The mind boggles.

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Will President Obama's Defense Budget Bankrupt America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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At a time when the US in sinking deeper in debt amid a devastating economic crisis, does a bloated military budget that requires Chinese loans to finance represent a true enhancement of national security?

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Pentagon Purging Contractors, Hiring Thousands Of New Employees

Government Executive | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended major changes in the Pentagon's procurement priorities and acquisition practices, and said the de...

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Gates Proposes Cuts To Several Major Weapons Programs

AP | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he...

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First Shot Fired In Defense Budget Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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No one in politics ever looks bad vowing to "take on the lobbyists," and in his latest YouTube missive, President Barack Obama got downright bellicose...

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Bush Legacy

Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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The financial debt may be too great to be repaid without a drastic departure from what America has stood for since the dissolution of communism: the centre of the post Cold War empire.

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Pentagon Seeking $450 Billion Increase Over Next Five Years

Congressional Quarterly | Josh Rogin | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Pentagon officials have prepared a new estimate for defense spending that is $450 billion more over the next five years than previously announced figu...

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Senate Passes Huge War-Funding Bill In The Shadow Of Wall Street Bailout Debate

Tommy News | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

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As the markets plunge, the Pentagon is in line for a record budget. In addition to the $70 billion approved this summer, the Defense Department will receive $488 billion, a 6 percent increase.

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Pentagon To Shift Budget To Pay For Iraq War

Reuters | Kristin Roberts | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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The Pentagon plans to shift $9.7 billion of its overall budget to pay for war operations but warned on Wednesday it will run out of money if the U.S. ...

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Government Auditors Issue Scathing Review Of Pentagon's Weapons Budget

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are ...

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Pentagon Wants Record Budget For 2009

New York Times | Thom Shanker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As Congress and the public focus on more than $600 billion already approved in supplemental budgets to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and fo...

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