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Seven Members Of House Defense Subcommittee Scrutinized By Ethics Investigators

washingtonpost.com | Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who h...

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Have We Become Numb to War?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

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Joan E. Dowlin

What has happened to the anti-war movement of old? Why have we as a nation allowed two simultaneous wars to be waged in our name?

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The F-22 Kills Jobs

William Hartung | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

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William Hartung

It's down to the wire in the battle to keep the Senate from adding $1.75 billion to the Pentagon budget for more F-22 fighter planes, and the proponents of more pork are running out of arguments.

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Pentagon Planning Major Changes In Programs, Defense Budget

Washington Post | R. Jeffrey Smith and Ellen Nakashima | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce on Monday the restructuring of several dozen major defense programs as part of the Obama adm...

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Unauditable

Dina Rasor | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Dina Rasor

It seems like every group has their hand out claiming that they need more money in these bad economic times. As messy as these problems are, there is no bigger mess than the Department of Defense.

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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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