On AlterNet: defense budget

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How About an "Adult Conversation" About Trimming our Bloated Military Budgets?

Peter Certo, AlterNet. January 20, 2011.

Republicans are finally conceding that defense cuts are needed. Though it's not just budget priorities that need to be reevaluated, but our global priorities.

One of Obama's Social Security Slasher Wannabes Threatens Small Town with Nuclear Annihilation

Mike Elk, AlterNet. September 1, 2010.

David Cote is so dangerous he's willing to risk nuclear fallout in order to force uranium workers to cut their retiree health care and pension plans.

Don't Call It a "Defense" Budget

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. February 2, 2010.

The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day. Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it.

There Might Be a Financial Crisis, But the World's Arms Dealers Are Doing Just Fine

Frida Berrigan, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 30, 2008.

The weapons sector remains recession-proof.

Bush's Mammoth Defense Budget is Another Bridge to Nowhere

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. February 6, 2008.

One built on the backs of ordinary Americans.

Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is America's Greatest Threat

Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch.com. January 23, 2008.

Welcome to 2008, a year of morally obscene, fiscally unsustainable spending. Watch as the military bloats and our standard of living sinks.

House Dems Pull Funding for Occupation from Budget

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 11, 2007.

Bush claims of urgency prove bogus; Obey says Repubs acting in 'bad faith'; Kucinich calls for determination and truthfulness.

Senate Democrats Fight to Stay Unified Against Bush on Iraq

AlterNetNovember 16, 2007.

House passes interim funding bill with troop pull-out provisions; another tug-of-war breaks out over Iraq.

Democratic Debate in Philly: Everybody vs. Hillary

Steve Benen, October 31, 2007.

Steve Benen: In a real change of pace, Clinton actually slipped a little, and actually made a mistake.

Vote on Iraq Again and Again

Sen. Russ Feingold, Huffington Post. October 3, 2007.

Keep the pressure on the war's supporters, for the sake of Iraq and America.

Majority of Americans Oppose Full Funding of Occupation

Middle East OnlineOctober 2, 2007.

Congress is out of step with America.

Ask the Candidates: Will They Cut a Bloated 20th-Century Military Budget?

Jack Shanahan, AlterNet. September 20, 2007.

Want to invest more in education? Healthcare? Infrastructure? Candidates are looking at trimming the Cold War relics in the military budget.