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Who gains from debt deal? The Pentagon, for one

By Nancy A. Youssef August 1, 2011 McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- The last-minute deal that Congress is considering to raise the federal debt limit probably will mean trillions of dollars in government spending reductions for most agencies....

Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s On-Going Collusion with Terrorists

Twice in the last two decades, significant cuts in U.S. and western military spending were foreseen: first after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and then in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis....

Panetta’s Gaffe

July 14, 2011 By Robert Koehler Published at Antiwar.com Leon Panetta, on his first visit to Iraq as secretary of defense last weekend, reached for a Bush moment ten years too late. "The reason you guys are here...

The Wisdom of the People — the Populist Rationale

July 4, 2011 by Michael Collins The Daily Censored The citizens of the United States have excellent judgment. They have shown it consistently over time. When that judgment shifts briefly allowing a failed ...

How much will our wars cost? Report says $4 trillion

June 29, 2011 By Liz Goodwin The Lookout blog at Yahoo.com A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan--will, all told, cost $4...

House Passes Authority for Worldwide War

by Sam Milgrom, Washington Legislative Office of ACLU.org The House just passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including a provision to authorize worldwide war, which has no expiration date and will allow...

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