Most Voters Favor Defense Cuts. Most Politicians Don’t. | TIME
In an exercise, 61 percent favored cutting spending an average of $12 billion. Both the Obama administration and Congress are pushing for higher spending on the military next year, as…
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Lockheed Seeks to Save Troubled F-35 With Exaggerated Job Claims | Huffington Post
William Hartung It’s a time-tested ploy. When a weapons system can’t be justified based on cost, capabilities, and need, the manufacturer touts how many jobs the program will create. So…
Failure as a Way of Life: The logic of lost wars and military-industrial boondoggles | The American Conservative
William S. Lind The fault line in American politics is no longer Republican vs. Democrat nor conservative vs. liberal but establishment vs. anti-establishment. This is an inevitable result of serial…
Defense Contractors Cite “Benefits” of Escalating Conflicts in the Middle East
Major defense contractors Raytheon, Oshkosh, and Lockheed Martin assured investors at a Credit Suisse conference in West Palm Beach this week that they stand to gain from the escalating conflicts…
To unleash the harms, rein in the watchdogs | The Hill
Miriam Pemberton We’re now getting another taste—in our mouths, our lungs, our brains—of what the ongoing assault on the federal government’s watchdog function is doing to all of us. As…