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Promises Unkept: Obama Administration and a Unified Security Budget

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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Tamar Abrams

While the president has made some strides toward curbing waste, fraud and abuse in Pentagon contracting, he has yet to change the crucial balance between military and non-military security spending.

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F-22 Vote Worries Arms Investors

William Hartung | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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William Hartung

Even with the president and the secretary of defense on the right side, it took what President Eisenhower called "an alert and knowledgeable citizenry" to put the anti-F-22 effort over the top.

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