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    <title><![CDATA[Arms & Security Project | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition#When:17:42:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[British U-turn on US jets damages credibility of UK defence chiefs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs#When:14:34:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The cost issue isn't going to go away", writes William Hartung in Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T14:34:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Air Force pilots reluctant to fly F-22 Raptors citing ongoing oxygen problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems#When:16:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung discusses Defense Department spending and the cost and necessity of the F-22 Raptors]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T16:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICBM Coalition Of Rural Senators Fights Nuclear Weapons Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts#When:09:09:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["But pork barrel considerations remain more prevalent on Capitol Hill," said William Hartung, director of the Arms & Security Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Asia, North Korea, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T09:09:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia Is Up in Arms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms#When:18:30:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["U.S. companies have said that they're going to increase foreign sales by 25 percent to offset what they say are deep cuts in Pentagon spending, but which is really just a leveling off," explains William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:30:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sojourner Truth Radio Interview with Bill Hartung]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung#When:13:59:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest House of Representatives Budget Committee proposals would slash what's left of the safety net, give tax breaks to the wealthy and increase military spending. The interview starts at 40:30.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T13:59:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ryan Budget: Increases Pentagon, &#8220;Out of Touch&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch#When:16:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["While pretending to make the 'tough choices,' Rep. Paul Ryan's budget cutting plan gives a free ride to the largest single item in the discretionary budget: Pentagon spending"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T16:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interview: William Hartung, Defense Contractor Expert and &#8220;Prophets of War&#8221; Author]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author#When:12:38:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Perhaps no one knows more about the problems associated with this defense contracting giant than William D. Hartung, whose book, Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:38:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not too poor for the wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars#When:15:52:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[War. Wars. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drumbeat for war in Iran]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-22T15:52:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts slowing production of Lockheed&#8217;s F-35]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35#When:09:51:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program is slated for national and international cuts that would slow production of the aircraft and could impact the work done at the company’s Marietta plant]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T09:51:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[2013 Defense Budget Rollout: Just the Opening Salvo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo#When:17:28:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung, of the Center for International Policy, characterizes the 2013 budget as a "minor course correction, not a strategic shift.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-13T17:28:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon 2013 Budget Wars: Ground Forces Lose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose#When:10:14:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung said the president’s plan is, at most, a “modest adjustment at a time when military budgets of recent years have been at the highest levels since World War II” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:14:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones lead the way to tighter defense budgets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets#When:10:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung with the Center for International Policy says big contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman already make both. But drones cost one-fifth, or less, than fighter planes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[January 26 - The Defense Cutting Mirage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage#When:09:53:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung joins us to examine the numbers game and the astronomically expensive and useless weapons programs that are not being cut]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T09:53:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special Ops&#8217; burden of success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success#When:16:35:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said de-emphasizing boots on the ground and emphasizing a more flexible force is "a logical way to go"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-25T16:35:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones, Asia and Cyber War: Pentagon Shifts Priorities in New Review; Budget Still Exceeds Bush Era]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget#When:14:47:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch William Hartung's interview with Democracy Now! about Obama's new military strategy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-09T14:47:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Less Counter-Insurgency, More Asia in New U.S. Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy#When:00:59:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Pentagon’s proposed reductions in its spending plans are far too low," according to William Hartung, a veteran defence analyst]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T00:59:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s not-so “dangerous” Pentagon cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts#When:17:37:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But are the proposed cuts really all that drastic? For an answer to that question and an explanation of how cuts might — or might not — ultimately be made, I spoke to Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-05T17:37:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legal U.S. gun sales to Mexico Arming Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels#When:11:43:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I think most Americans are aware that there's a problem in terms of the drug traffickers in Mexico, increases in violence," said Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T11:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:12:02:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a new policy report by the Center for International Policy and Common Cause, William Hartung says that McKeon is the arms industry’s most forceful advocate in the battle to bolster the Pentagon budget]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T12:02:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After the Deficit Committee, A New Propaganda Push from the War Profiteers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers#When:16:01:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Long-time war industry observer Bill Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, had a simple description for the Panetta/McKeon/war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T16:01:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle#When:15:25:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T15:25:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle#When:11:58:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T11:58:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Navy&#8217;s Amphibious Fleet Could fall Short of Goals, CBO Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says#When:16:03:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung, a defense specialist at the Center for International Policy, told Government Executive that the report seemed "to acknowledge]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-28T16:03:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analyst: Keep Defense Cuts in Place, Avoid &#8216;Exaggerated Rhetoric&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1#When:16:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We don’t need more Pentagon spending, we need more spending discipline at the Pentagon – an agency so disorganized that it can’t even balance its own books]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T16:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War: The Wrong Jobs Program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program#When:17:01:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are several reasons why military spending ends up near the back of the pack. The inefficiency of the “cost-plus” system is one. Pointing to another, analyst William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-21T17:01:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd#When:18:27:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed has a history of donating to causes favored by influential lawmakers and government officials, said William D. Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T18:27:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Checking the Pentagon&#8217;s Job Loss Math]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math#When:16:44:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung a defense budget analyst at the Center for International Policy agrees and thinks the Defense Department may be "front-loading" the numbers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T16:44:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget Cuts&#8217; Cost, in U.S. Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs#When:15:12:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said Pentagon planners need more than a rough estimate of total jobs that might be lost amid budget cuts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T15:12:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hartung Press Release Super Committee Policy Brief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense#When:13:33:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy brief from William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T13:33:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Panetta: Wrong on Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending#When:15:31:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is flagrantly advocating for war profiteers at the expense of real security for the American people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:31:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[‘The Costs of War’: A Must-Read Study]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study#When:17:12:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2000s have seen the highest level of defense spending since World War II, up to over $400 billion dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-23T17:12:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study: Federal Spending on Defense Doesn&#8217;t Create As Many Jobs As Education Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education#When:17:16:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["... maintaining military spending at the expense of other forms of federal expenditures would actually result in a net loss of jobs"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:16:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is There a Desirable Jobs Benefit in DOD Spending?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending#When:17:14:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-08T17:14:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[As Federal Cutbacks Loom, Maryland Businesses Fear Losses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses#When:14:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Proposed “cuts” in future Pentagon spending aren’t really reductions, said William D. Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T14:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Hartung on Military Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts#When:12:26:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling has been lifted; that fixed everything, right? Well, the Democratic base is unhappy ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T12:26:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the Pentagon Suffer in the Debt Deal?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation#When:14:52:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung, a noted defense expert writing in the Huffington Post, says: “The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-04T14:52:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Does debt deal weaken defense?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense#When:12:38:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the debt deal’s passage, economists don’t predict any forthcoming sign of relief for an]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-03T12:38:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street &amp; Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal#When:12:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After months of a bitterly partisan stalemate, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted 269 to 161 ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T12:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Hawks Upset With Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english#When:10:51:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts Skeptical that Debt Deal will Result in Significant Military Spending Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts#When:10:50:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:50:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War, Debt, and the President]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig#When:10:48:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This year is the 50th anniversary of [Dwight] Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex speech,” William Hartung of the Center for International Policy told me while the Senate assembled to vote on the debt ceiling bill.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:48:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts Respond: How the Deal Affects Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network#When:10:53:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives the Pentagon virtually a free ride. It reduces projected Pentagon spending by less than one percent. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-01T10:53:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Costs of War Website Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar#When:16:37:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States will spend a total of  $3.2 to 4 trillion paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project, including William D. Hartung.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T16:37:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anger as US arms dealer takes over running of Scottish nuclear bomb base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base#When:12:34:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is particularly true in the case of Lockheed Martin,” he told the Sunday Herald.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Those worrying over Libya expenditure should question Afghanistan&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan#When:14:29:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Those genuinely concerned about war costs need to go where the money is – Afghanistan ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-09T14:29:25+00:00</dc:date>
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