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Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Since the first Presidential debate left the American people more than wanting, here are some real issues that should be addressed by both candidates
Romney’s $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won’t Buy More Defense, Just More Waste
Romney talks about building ships and subs and starting up the cancelled F-22 Raptor fighter line, but fails to explain how his plan would make us safer from the …
Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?
Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com expose this startling and ominous account of drone warfare in
Citizen Diplomacy in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas: “You Are Welcome!“
Many Americans have an image of Pakistan and its people as
Overwrought Empire: The Discrediting of US Military Power
Even as military power has proven itself a bust again and again, our policymakers have come to rely ever more completely on a military-first response to global problems.
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Reflections on “Columbus” Day
Columbus Day reminds me that my countryu2019s origin was based on violence, subjugation, racism and genocide.
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Time for Major Cuts in Defense Spending
It's time to act on Eisenhower's warning against the
Tough Talk for America: A Guide to the Presidential Debates You Won’t Hear
Hereu2019s a brief guide to what you wonu2019t hear this Wednesday or in the other presidential and vice-presidential debates later in the month. Think of these as five …
In UN Address, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Urges Obama Admin to End “Regime of Secrecy”
Speaking via videolink from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed a side meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday evening.
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Meet the Welfare Queens of the 1%: The Moochers Mitt Missed Work for the Pentagon
There is no dispute about the status of major Pentagon contractors, their utter dependency on government, and their outsized profiteering.