Mandy Smithberger

Mandy Smithberger is the director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Project On Government Oversight.

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Report Outlining How to Cut $1 Trillion From Defense Budget Is Just a Start

A rational defense policy could yield far more in the way of reductions.

By: Mandy Smithberger &; William D. Hartung ,; TomDispatch

November 9, 2021

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Is One of the Highest Since World War II. Why?

Initiatives on rebuilding domestic infrastructure and combating climate change would do far more to keep people safe.

By: Mandy Smithberger &; William D. Hartung ,; TomDispatch

June 29, 2021

Op-Ed

War & Peace

In the Middle of a Pandemic, We Shouldn’t Be Funding a New Cold War With China

The U.S. is in a crisis of the first order. Focusing on the wrong threats is the last thing we can afford now.

By: Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

March 2, 2021

Op-Ed

War & Peace

More Military Influence and Spending Has Not and Will Not Make Us Safer

As the Biden years begin, it’s time to give some serious thought to how to demilitarize our democracy.

By: Mandy Smithberger &; William D. Hartung ,; TomDispatch

January 28, 2021

News Analysis

War & Peace

The Pentagon Continues to Profit at Taxpayers’ Expense During Pandemic

It's time to reduce the defense budget and put more resources into the real crisis at hand.

By: Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

May 4, 2020

News Analysis

War & Peace

Actual National Security Budget Is Nearly Twice as Much as Announced Budget

At $1.21 trillion, the actual national security budget is almost twice the size of the announced Pentagon budget.

By: Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

March 2, 2020

News Analysis

War & Peace

The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract

Congress recently passed, and President Trump approved, one of the largest Pentagon budgets ever.

By: Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

January 21, 2020

News Analysis

War & Peace

Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform

Until profit motives are removed, it will be impossible to reform the Pentagon.

By: William D. Hartung &; Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

September 26, 2019

News Analysis

War & Peace

The US Is Spending $1.25 Trillion Annually on War

The military gravy train is running full speed ahead.

By: William D. Hartung &; Mandy Smithberger ,; TomDispatch

May 7, 2019

Op-Ed

War & Peace

Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

Patrick Shanahan, who spent 30 years at Boeing, is the Trump administration’s acting secretary of defense.

By: Mandy Smithberger &; William D. Hartung ,; TomDispatch

January 29, 2019

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