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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?

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Military Industrial Complex

The US military is about to become a world class polluter

Surging to a trillion dollar budget will put this industrial behemoth's emissions on par with those of entire countries

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Bombers astray! Washington's priorities go off course

This week in the Bunker: 'Big beautiful bill' shafts the troops, a purported defense-reform bill is anything but, and more

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Yes to 'Department of War' name change

This week in The Bunker: DOD's emphasis on style over substance; intruders invade an atomic US base; and more

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Army prematurely pushes Black Hawk replacement into production

This week in The Bunker: Plans to shortcut testing of new tiltrotor, decrepit U.S. military barracks on Guam, and more