military budget
Stop $33.5 billion for war escalation
May 28, 2010The House and Senate are about to vote on whether to give the Obama administration another $33.5 billion to fund escalation of the war in Afghanistan. In an effort to win votes, they are adding all...
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Biggest U.S. city will debate cost of war vs. human needs
April 19, 2010The biggest U.S. city, New York may call for a cut in the Pentagon budget to fund domestic needs, if City Council member Letitia James has her way.
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A demand grows in Brooklyn: fund kids, not bombs
April 16, 2010Local residents filled the library at Brooklyn Tech High School to see how the oversized Pentagon budget is draining resources from their community.
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Chicago mayor calls for end to Afghanistan and Iraq wars
February 15, 2010Mayor Richard M. Daley blasted US funding for military occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Blackwater swamp keeps on bubbling
February 2, 2010The Justice Department has begun a criminal fraud investigation of the company, its employees face criminal charges, but it keeps doing its dirty work under a tangle of names.
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