Posturing on Plutonium
Huffington Post, May-15-2012 | Article
There have been so many bad proposals on defense issues thrown around in the House of Representatives lately it's hard to know where to start... Read More »
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The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster
Huffington Post, May-03-2012 | Article
Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise... Read More »
Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control
by Tom Barry
AlterNet, Apr-12-2012 | Article
Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones... Read More »
Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out
by Tom Barry
Truthout, Apr-11-2012 | Article
Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.... Read More »
Drones Flying Under the Radar
by Tom Barry
Truthout, Apr-05-2012 | Article
Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation... Read More »
Defense Industry Scare Tactics Won’t Create Jobs
by William D. Hartung, Miriam Pemberton
The Hill, Mar-29-2012 | Article
As indicated by the recent rollout of the House Republican budget strategy, the gloves are off in the battle to define the country’s spending priorities in the run-up to the November elections... Read More »
Romney's Foreign Policy Fantasies: "Breathtaking Weakness?"
Talking Points Memo, Mar-28-2012 | Article
In a blog post at the web site of Foreign Policy magazine, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney attempts to paint the Obama administration as "soft" on Russia, and on security issues more broadly... Read More »
Defense Reform Can Fuel Economic Revival
The Sacramento Bee, Feb-10-2012 | Article
On Feb. 13 the Obama administration will release the full details of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. Advocates of higher military spending are already spreading cries of alarm... Read More »
Vietnam and Afghanistan: The more things change...
by Matthew Hoh, John Isaacs
The Hill, Feb-08-2012 | Article
Two lengthy and devastating wars separated by three decades. One fought in the jungles of Vietnam and one in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan... Read More »
Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan
by Matthew Hoh
Huffington Post, Feb-06-2012 | Article
In late December, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta assured Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) that the United States was "making undeniable progress" in its war in Afghanistan and that a congressionally mandated, independent assessment of the war was "not necessary." However, recent media reports of internal Department of Defense and Intelligence Community assessments of the war contradict, again, claims of progress... Read More »
