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Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine
Military Industrial Complex

More nukes = more problems

A recent report says the US should ditch new development and focus deterrence strategy on sub-based weapons

Iraq war Army soldiers Baghdad
Middle East

The ghosts of the Iraq War still haunt me, and our foreign policy

As a young National Guardsman I reported for duty on March 21, 2003. Why are there still troops there today?

Donald Trump Miriam Adelson
Washington Politics

The Israeli-American Trump mega-donor behind speech crackdowns

Miriam Adelson is more than a funder of the Maccabee Task Force, she's also its president

Wall Street Stock Exchange
Washington Politics

Emergency! Trump's use of extraordinary powers for tariffs

Executive authorities have remained unchecked for decades. Is there any surprise that the president prefers them over working with Congress?

Chas Freeman
Washington Politics

16 yrs ago, Chas Freeman was smeared out of a job at DNI, too

Like Dan Davis last week, the storied ambassador was hounded by the Israel lobby and their handmaidens in the media

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