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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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Seven Members Of House Defense Subcommittee Scrutinized By Ethics Investigators

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

Read More: Pentagon, John Murtha, Congress, Ethics Investigation, Pentagon Investigation, House Defense Subcommittee, New-House-Ethics-Investigation, Murtha Under Investigation, House Investigation, Pentagon Spending, Politics News

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

Read More: Recessionsh, Vietnam War on TV, Carter, Iraqi War, GHW Bush, Lbj, Lily Tomlin, Nixon, Obama's Cairo Address, Pentagon Spending, GW Bush, Afghanistan War, World News
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

Read More: F-22, Pentagon Spending, Federal Budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Job Creation, Robert Gaes, Business News
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

Read More: Fraud, Pentagon Waste, Mccaskill, Obama, Government Waste, Obama Transition, DOD Contracting, Pentagon Spending, Financial Crisis, Politics News
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

Read More: US Military Spending, Warwire, War Spending, Pentagon Budget, Pentagon Spending, US Military, Politics News

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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