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BudgetsJanuary 23, 2020
The Pentagon’s New Budget Is a Recipe For Disaster
Taxpayer dollars will continue to pour into a revolving-door industry with little oversight and outrageous spending.
Mandy Smithberger
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US Wars and Military ActionSeptember 26, 2019
Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying.
We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.
William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
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Arms SpendingMay 7, 2019
America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think
Each year, Congress approves hundreds of billions of dollars for the US defense budget—but the real number exceeds $1 trillion.
William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
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Executive BranchJanuary 29, 2019
A Former Boeing Executive Is Now Running the Pentagon
Patrick Shanahan, Trump’s new acting defense secretary, has spent an career serving the interests of Boeing’s bottom line. How will he serve the public instead?
William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
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