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Veterans’ Day, 2013: To My Comrades in Arms, Past and Present
I was decorated enough times to have made a difference in an Air Force career should I have stayed active. But unfortunately, my u201cwaru201d experiences only gave me a …
America Has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon
Bob Pollin: We need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military.
Keep America at Peace: Keep the Pentagon Sequester
If you would rather our leaders keep the planned Pentagon cuts that may constrain our future ability to bomb, invade and occupy other people's countries, rather than cut Social …
They Didn’t Know What They Were Getting Into: The Cost of War American-Style
"There were only kids in uniform, most of whom by that time knew that they hadn't known what they were getting into, and now were struggling to keep their …
New York Judge Renews Order Barring Drone Protesters From Air Base
A judge in DeWitt, New York, recently barred 17 activists from Hancock Air Base, where they were arrested last year during a protest over drones.
Eisenhower’s Drones
"When you oppose war, not because it murders, and not because it assaults the rights of the foreign places attacked, but because it costs too much in U.S. lives …
Keep US Troops in Afghanistan? Let Congress Vote!
If you agree that Reps. Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee and Walter Jones that any agreement to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely should be debated and voted …
Putting a Face on Drone Strike Victims
Journalist Rania Khalek talks to Alex Witt about the Pakistani family who testified before congress about the drone strikes that killed their grandmother.
Mates in War Reporting Testify to Crimes Against Humanity
In an excerpt from his memoir about working with war correspondent Marie Colvin, ‘Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment,’ photographer Paul Conroy describes his strained relationships at home …
Can Unarmed Peacekeeping Work in Syria? It Has in South Sudan
We must break through the false dichotomy that the options are either to do nothing or to send in the bombers and cruise missiles.