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Defense spending
Defense spending news and analysis from The Nation
January 29, 2019
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?
November 27, 2018
How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.
November 1, 2018
More money than ever is going towards the least-efficient sector of the economy.
September 25, 2018
Putting weapons in space is a phenomenal money waster and a threat to global security.
July 19, 2018
He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.
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July 11, 2018
His nutty antics, as usual, dominate the headlines—while very little is being said about the alliance’s actual role in the world.
July 2, 2018
Eighteen months into his administration, no credible proposal has been made.
June 28, 2018
Deficit spending abroad is driving inequality at home.
June 19, 2018
The decision to change the name of US forces in the Pacific is more than symbolic—it’s a threat.
June 4, 2018
Jimmy Carter once canceled a massive weapons project because it was useless. Would Trump?
