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Police and Law EnforcementJuly 8, 2020
Defund the Pentagon, Too
Any effort to reduce police spending and focus on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget.
William D. Hartung
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BudgetsJuly 2, 2020
Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree
The Trump administration wants missiles, and pushback will require immediate action.
Tristan Guyette and William D. Hartung
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April 17, 2020
How the Military-Industrial Complex Is Using the Coronavirus
Arms industry lobbyists are addressing this pandemic and preparing for the next by pushing weapons sales.
William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman
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EconomyFebruary 11, 2020
Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected
The president is smudging facts—this time about defense spending—in hopes of a 2020 win.
William D. Hartung
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US Wars and Military ActionDecember 17, 2019
How Our Defense Budget Became So Bloated
Defense spending is higher now than it was during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon be twice the Cold War average.William D. Hartung
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Foreign PolicyNovember 19, 2019
Trump Is an Aggressive Arms Dealer. So Were His Predecessors.
America has been dealing arms to the Middle East since Nixon, fueling a lucrative and disastrous kind of foreign policy.
William D. Hartung
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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 SpendingJuly 16, 2019
Defense Contractors Are Tightening Their Grip on Our Government
A planned merger between Raytheon and United Technologies will only further consolidate a bloated military-industrial complex.William D. Hartung
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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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JobsMarch 22, 2019
Pentagon Spending Is a Poor Job Creator
The Trump administration touts weapons spending as the best way to bolster the American economy. It’s not.
William D. Hartung