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Darfur: Handle With Care by Nii Akuetteh, | July 6, 2006
While we push the U.S. to get involved in Darfur we must remember our history in the region. read more »Sabotaging Peace In Iraq by Robert Dreyfuss, | July 5, 2006
The details of the so-called "amnesty" deal show that the U.S. is not serious about peace in Iraq. read more »The Timid Times by David Corn, | July 5, 2006
If the newspaper was serious about undercutting Bush's war, it could be doing a lot more. read more »An Accord In Iraq? by Robert Dreyfuss, | June 27, 2006
Why to be wary of reports about a deal with insurgents and plans for "withdrawal." read more »To Refuse To Serve by Ret. Col. Ann Wright, | June 27, 2006
Lt. Ehren Watada's refusal to be sent to Iraq to support an illegal war raises questions about civilian support. read more »Missed Opportunity On Iraq by Art Levine, | June 26, 2006
A chance for a true debate on troop withdrawal was hurt by weaknesses in the antiwar coalition. read more »An 'F' For Antiterrorism by <i>Foreign Policy</i> and The Center For American Progress, | June 26, 2006
Eight-four percent of foreign policy experts say the Bush administration is not keeping Americans secure. read more »Provoking A Fight: Your Letters by TomPaine.com Readers , | June 23, 2006
Sparring over The Good Fight, the minimum wage battle and the war in Iraq. read more »An Awkward Kerry Embrace by Matthew Rothschild, | June 22, 2006
A Democratic senator recalls Paul Wellstone as he clumsily backs a timetable for Iraq withdrawal. read more »Blasting Beinart's 'Fight' by Bill Scher and Isaiah J. Poole, OurFuture.org | June 20, 2006
Your intrepid editorial staff sat down Monday for a brown-bag lunch and discussion with author Peter Beinart about his book that is cutting through left-Democratic circles in D.C. like a hot macho knife through soft liberal butter. It’s called The Good Fight: Why Liberals—and Only Liberals—Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again. read more »
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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 »
