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Military Industrial Complex

Spineless Congress outdoes itself on Caribbean strikes

This week in The Bunker: The House and Senate give up their power, the F-35 paperweight and the Pentagon war on the press

Rep. Adam Smith
Asia-Pacific

Lawmakers have an antidote for Washington's China panic

Rep. Adam Smith recently led a congressional delegation with a wild idea: Visiting Beijing and talking to Chinese leaders

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy
Middle East

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy

Our reporter details first hand how measures first designed to fight Assad now risk crippling his successor

US Capitol defense budget
QiOSK

Big, Beautiful trillion dollar war budget!

House passes key policy bill, which could lead to historic defense spending, and for what?

US Capitol
Washington Politics

Why does peace cost a trillion dollars?

As Congress returns to a Pentagon budget fight, we must ask ourselves: why is military spending skyrocketing even without a war?

Lawmakers in Israel
Washington Politics

US lawmakers spending summer break with AIPAC touring Israel

Dozens of tone deaf American politicians are on tours and CODELS. They might be better off spending time in their own districts.