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Feb 17 2010 - 1:42pm

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Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Budget Wars, US Military)

Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.

Zoë Carpenter
Military personell
The True Costs of Empire (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Government, US Military Presence Abroad)

Why are US taxpayers still forced to pay billions of dollars for US military bases?

David Vine
Cyberwarfare
Beyond Bayonets and Battleships (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Barack Obama, US Military)

The future of US global power is in space warfare. 

Alfred W. McCoy
Is the US Monopolizing War? (Arms and Spending Proliferation, US Wars and Military Action, US Weapons Sales Abroad)

Military operations and arms sales are what America knows best. 

Tom Engelhardt
The New Obama Doctrine (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Covert Ops, US Military)

Obama's plan for global war uses a variety of extra-legal methods including drones, civilian and proxy fighters, and cyber warfare. 

Nick Turse
Iran's Ayatollah Is Right About One Thing (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Religion)

Nuclear weapons are sinful.

Robert Scheer
Barack Obama
Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Election 2012, US Military Presence Abroad)

How much are the Democrats counting on the profits and jobs generated by arming the world in the coming election?

Robert Scheer
9 comments
Is US Aid Suppressing Yemen's Freedom Struggle? (Arms and Spending Proliferation, World)

The increased use of military helicopters to crack down on demonstrators in Yemen begs the question: Are any of these helicopters part of a recent aid package from the Obama administration?

Nick Turse
Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget
Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget (Arms and Spending Proliferation, US Military)

Economic crisis, deficit mania and war weariness have created political momentum for big cuts to military spending.

Robert Dreyfuss
12 comments
GOP Fires at the Pentagon (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Conservatives and the American Right, US Wars and Military Action)

Among Republicans, a civil war has broken out over defense spending.

Robert Dreyfuss
14 comments

Blogs

The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama
The Notion

Who says the president is failing to show leadership? In one area at least, there's no sign of flag or falter. If anything, the administration's only becoming more forthright. Sad to say, that area is military build-up.

February 3, 2010