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Military

President Donald Trump give a thumbs up after speaking to the media as he departs for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from the White House on July 11, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Interview
War & Peace

Trump Hasn’t Held Back US Military Power — He Has Enabled and Escalated It

Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept calls Trump’s anti-war posturing “a bad parody.”
by
Janine Jackson,
FAIR
December 6, 2020
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U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir speaks with Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Capitol Hill on July 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
War & Peace

The Pentagon Took CARES Act Cash for Making PPE and Then Used It to Buy Weapons

About $1 billion in stimulus funds for making masks and other protective equipment went to weapons manufacturers.
by
Phyllis Bennis,
OtherWords
October 3, 2020
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Vanessa Guillén's mother, Gloria Guillén, in the passenger seat of a low-rider during a march to the Texas Capitol building in Austin in support of the family's forthcoming #IamVanessaGuillén bill, on September 7, 2020.
News
War & Peace

Vanessa Guillén Family Wants Fort Hood Shut Down Over Its Rape Culture Cover-Up

The family is set to introduce a bill in Vanessa Guillén’s name on Capitol Hill next week.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
September 10, 2020
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Mark Esper holds a piece of paper during a hearing
News
War & Peace

Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Health Care

This comes after both chambers of Congress approved a $740 billion Defense Department budget.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
August 17, 2020
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Military police members hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd on June 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
War & Peace

Trump’s Illegal Use of Military Against Uprisings Portends Battles Ahead

Even as Trump withdraws troops, we must be prepared for if and when he does recall them to stamp out dissent.
by
Marjorie Cohn,
Truthout
June 11, 2020
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A tank is backlit by the setting sun
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
Truthout
A tank fires off a shell at night
Op-Ed
War & Peace

The Stubborn Persistence of the Military-Industrial State

After 40 years, the Pentagon budget is still rising.
by
William D. Hartung,
TomDispatch
December 16, 2019
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We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

It’s Our Choice: Medicare for All, or Endless War?

We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars.
by
Lindsay Koshgarian,
OtherWords
November 30, 2019
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A silhouetted figure kneels in the grass to plant a small u.s. flag in the ground
Op-Ed
War & Peace

As a Military Spouse, I’m Trying to Bear Witness to the Costs of War

U.S. wars, while fought thousands of miles away, hit far closer to home than we like to think.
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
November 25, 2019
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Airmen test the water pressure of a hose during joint live-fire training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, August 7, 2018. PFAS chemicals have been used for fighting petroleum fires primarily at military and civilian airfields in Okinawa.
News
War & Peace

The US Military Is Poisoning Okinawa

Okinawan authorities are failing to hold the U.S. military accountable for covering up PFAS contamination.
by
Pat Elder,
World BEYOND War
November 17, 2019
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