US Military

Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget

Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget

Economic crisis, deficit mania and war weariness have created political momentum for big cuts to military spending.

Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya

There's no legitimacy to the UN vote on military action against Qaddafi.

Mar 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending

There's been a joke going around the labor protests.   It goes something like this: A union member, a CEO and a Tea Party member are sitting at a table with 12 cookies...

Mar 3, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly

“The gift that keeps on giving” should have been the headline on the Pentagon’s decision to award the Boeing Co. a $35 billion defense contract last week.

Mar 2, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates

Gates speaks to an audience at West Point.

Mar 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No

A coalition of liberals, antiwar activists, Tea Party types and deficit hawks are getting out the axe for the Pentagon's bloated budget.

Feb 16, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances

Washington is integrating Mexico, Central America and Colombia into a neoliberal-neocon corridor, creating a perfect circle of conflict, violence and repression.

Feb 11, 2011 / Greg Grandin

Backward, Christian Soldiers

Backward, Christian Soldiers Backward, Christian Soldiers

Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.

Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain

Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning

The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the sour...

Feb 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders

ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk

ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk

ROTC memo prohibiting cadets from using WikiLeaks cables for course assignments could impact Stanford's decision on whether to allow ROTC to return to campus.

Jan 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin Gosztola

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