Did you know that President Barack Obama’s budget contains a Pentagon budget consuming nearly half of discretionary spending? The budget does some good things: increasing taxes on corporations and the…
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called on members of Congress, and all of us, to work for public policies that reflect our shared values. He…
Misplaced priorities Recently it was reported that 100 retired Navy and Marine Corps leaders “warned of dire consequences to the U.S. fleet unless Congress pumps billions of additional dollars into…
By Tila Neguse, legislative associate on domestic policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation President Obama is right (“President warns of ‘draconian’ military cuts,” Oct. 8). Congress needs to…
The Oct. 6 editorial “Paying for our wars” called for a restoration of defense spending levels to those recommended by former defense secretary Robert Gates. That is the wrong way…