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​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay
Military Industrial Complex

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay

Taxpayers are now contending with the crashing “bow wave” of defense spending that started growing around the turn of the century while simultaneously creating a new one

Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs
Washington Politics

Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs

Democratic lawmakers launch opening salvo into what is expected to be a contentious NDAA process

Don't fall for it: Congress must reject the $1.5 trillion war budget
Military Industrial Complex

Don't fall for it: Congress must reject the $1.5 trillion war budget

Trump is using a classic negotiating tactic to pave the way for historically high military spending

USS Boise
Military Industrial Complex

Attack sub USS Boise scuttled after only one patrol in 11 years

It's been docked for repairs for a decade, costing the taxpayer $800 million — a poster child for the Navy’s procurement issues

J. William Fulbright
Military Industrial Complex

Today's 'Arrogance of Power' meets the ghost of J. William Fulbright

The Arkansas senator's words warning against the perils of Washington’s ‘war fever’ in 1966 are more prescient than ever. Are we listening?

Will Democrats pop Trump's $50 billion trial balloon for war?
Washington Politics

Will Democrats pop Trump's $50 billion trial balloon for war?

A supplemental funding request for the US military campaign in Iran will face an uphill battle in Congress