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Can Israel Change? by Patrick Seale, | July 17, 2006
Why the current crisis proves Israel must adopt a new security doctrine. read more »Neocons Rise From Mideast Ashes by Robert Dreyfuss, | July 17, 2006
Israel may be playing deliberately into the neoconservatives' bid to dominate global politics. read more »Deafening Silence On Mumbai by Ethan Heitner, OurFuture.org | July 14, 2006
I'd like to think that one of the running themes of my blogging here is that every human being is equal. Palestinian lives and deaths are just as important as Israeli lives and deaths. Iraqis' dreams and hopes for their country are equally important as Americans' for theirs. And so I wish we'd had something intelligent to say, some way to mark the violent slaughter of over 200 civillians in Mumbai. We didn't. read more »A Legal House Of Cards by Jennifer Van Bergen, | July 13, 2006
Democracy is undermined by "terror" indictments based on nothing more than talk. read more »Letting Gaza Burn by Chris Toensing, | July 13, 2006
As the fires of conflict spread to engulf Lebanon, will the United States act to prevent open war? read more »Bad Ad, Worse Product by Tom Porteous, | July 11, 2006
Instead of TV commercials denouncing terror, Iraqis need the U.S. to stop nourishing terrorism. read more »WMDs In Slow Motion by Mary Robinson, The Guardian | July 11, 2006
The former U.N. human rights chief blames the U.S. and others for blocking a deal to control the deadly trade in small arms. read more »Grounding U.S. Intelligence by John Prados, | July 10, 2006
With the nuclear stakes high on several fronts, we need information without bias. read more »Summer Rains In Gaza by Yossi Alpher, | July 7, 2006
Why Israel's reoccupation of Gaza won't make Israel safer. read more »Their Rockets' Red Glare by Tim Beal, | July 6, 2006
North Korea's declaration of independence could hardly be more American. read more »
The Latest
Gates Proposal Would Cut Thousands of Defense Jobs, mcclatchydc.com | August 10, 2010
Defense Secretary Gates Targets Jobs , USA Today | August 10, 2010
More Spending Is Needed on Weapons Systems, Panel Says, The New York Times | July 30, 2010
Even as political pressure grows to reduce the federal budget deficit, a blue-ribbon board led by former top national security officials called on Thursday for more spending on weapons systems. read more »
Panel Seen Approving F-35 Engine, Risking Veto, The New York Times | July 27, 2010
Despite increasing calls from lawmakers for deficit reduction, one military program opposed by the White House and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates — an alternate engine for the joint strike fighter — so far refuses to die. read more »
Education Funds Out of Senate War Bill, Politico | July 23, 2010
The Senate sent back to the House Thursday night a stripped-down $59 billion war funding bill, after striking all of the added education assistance which Democrats had wanted to avert threatened teacher layoffs in the fall. read more »
Defense Contractor: It’s ‘Important’ That Taxpayers Keep Wasting Money On Weapons System Nobody Wants , wonkroom.thinkprogress.org | July 8, 2010
Last month, the House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization, including funding for a second engine for the F-35 fighter jet that the Department of Defense has repeatedly said it doesn’t want. read more »
U.S. Ramps Up Withdrawal From Iraq, USA Today | August 31, 2009
The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city. The massive operation already underway a year ahead of the Aug. 31, 2010 deadline to remove all U.S. read more »
Senate Rejects Additional F-22 Fqunding, CNN | July 22, 2009
The Senate voted block expansion of one of the country's most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet program. The vote gave the White House and Pentagon a key victory over congressional supporters of the F-22, many of whom represent states and districts where jobs are tied to the production of the jet. read more »
Deaths of U.S. Troops Exceed 5,000 In Wars, USA Today | July 21, 2009
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reached two solemn milestones Monday: July has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and the combined death toll surpassed 5,000. Four Americans were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Robert Carr said. That brings the number of U.S. servicemembers killed so far this month to at least 30. read more »
U.S. Report On Terrorism Detainees Delayed 6 Months, Reuters | July 21, 2009
A key report ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama as part of his effort to close the internationally condemned Guantanamo prison will be delayed six months, but officials insisted they were still on track to shut it down by January. read more »
