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Military Industrial Complex

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
QiOSK

Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

PE-backed defense firms are less stable, more costly for taxpayers

john_bolton
Washington Politics

Big surprise: Bolton gets Petraeus treatment after copping to charges

Friends of the national security state get slapped on the wrist while those who actually challenge the system pay the real price

war profit
QiOSK

DoD wants to water down curbs to let ex-officials lobby more

A sneaky proposal tosses out revolving door restrictions, limits impact of two-year ‘cooling off’ period

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)
Washington Politics

Lawmakers pump brakes on military AI — sort of

Democratic senators hope their bills keep a human in the loop. Experts have questions about loopholes.

Rep. Mike Rogers
Washington Politics

Pro-Israel voices win out, kill bill to stop US-Israel military integration

Rep. Khanna took the 'America First' approach against Section 224, but he was out-numbered by those who played down its dangers and implications

general Michael Kurilla Israel
Military Industrial Complex

US-Israel integration is far from 'America First'

We cannot outsource components of our national security to nations that do not share our interests and that is exactly what this proposed scheme would do