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Military Industrial Complex

Saying the quiet part out loud: All that glitters is not 'Golden Dome'

It may be what insiders call a 'monster systems engineering problem' but contractors are all too happy to indulge the dream

Mike Huckabee
QiOSK

Is Huckabee too ‘extreme’ to be US ambassador to Israel?

Lawmakers: could the self-described 'unapologetic, unreformed Zionist' navigate today's rocky diplomatic waters on behalf of the United States?

Michael Obadal
QiOSK

Another weapons industry exec brought into Trump's Pentagon

Michael Obadal is the latest in a line of defense tech appointees who carry big potential conflicts of interest

Elbridge Colby
QiOSK

Elbridge Colby: I won't be 'cavalier' with U.S. forces

JD Vance came out to support the Pentagon no. 3 pick, but others challenged the nominee's realism

Stephen Feinberg
Washington Politics

Senators ignore that this billionaire is a walking conflict of interest

There was bipartisan appraisal for Stephen Feinberg's arms industry ties at his DoD confirmation hearing on Tuesday

Tom Cotton Elbridge Colby
Washington Politics

For old guard & neocons, Colby is an 'America First' bridge too far

They call Trump's DoD undersecretary pick 'dovish' and 'isolationist' when what they really mean is that he's a threat