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William D. Hartung
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William D. Hartung is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Executive Branch
January 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?
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Mandy Smithberger
US Wars and Military Action
November 21, 2018
America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion
Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.
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Arms Spending
November 1, 2018
The Military Is the Ultimate Special-Interest Group
More money than ever is going towards the least-efficient sector of the economy.
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Film
October 12, 2018
Why Are US Military Personnel Using Unsafe Equipment?
A new documentary exposes how and why the Pentagon has let this happen.
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Budgets
September 25, 2018
Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger
Putting weapons in space is a phenomenal money waster and a threat to global security.
William D. Hartung
Arms Spending
August 14, 2018
Donald Trump, Gunrunner for Hire
The administration is fulfilling the National Rifle Association’s wildest dreams.
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War and Peace
July 2, 2018
The Shrinking Ambitions of Donald Trump’s ‘Infrastructure’ Plan
Eighteen months into his administration, no credible proposal has been made.
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Foreign Policy
May 10, 2018
How the Saudis Wooed Donald Trump
All it took was flattery, arms, and a little bit of cash.
Benjamin Freeman
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Foreign Policy
April 2, 2018
Donald Trump Is America’s Number-One Weapon Salesman
And he couldn’t be prouder of the job he’s doing.
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Budgets
February 27, 2018
The Military-Industrial Complex Is on Corporate Welfare
The Pentagon will get an extra $165 billion over the next two years—that’s even more than Donald Trump asked for.
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