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William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy.
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Any effort to reduce police spending and focus on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget.
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The Trump administration wants missiles, and pushback will require immediate action.
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April 17, 2020
Arms industry lobbyists are addressing this pandemic and preparing for the next by pushing weapons sales.
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The president is smudging facts—this time about defense spending—in hopes of a 2020 win.
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Defense spending is higher now than it was during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon be twice the Cold War average.
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America has been dealing arms to the Middle East since Nixon, fueling a lucrative and disastrous kind of foreign policy.
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We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.
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A planned merger between Raytheon and United Technologies will only further consolidate a bloated military-industrial complex.
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Each year, Congress approves hundreds of billions of dollars for the US defense budget—but the real number exceeds $1 trillion.
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The Trump administration touts weapons spending as the best way to bolster the American economy. It’s not.
