Aaron Blake - Washington Post
A diverse collection of 22 interest groups has signed a new letter urging Congress to make cuts to the Defense Department on the scale of the sequester but to shift the cuts to different areas of the defense budget. “We and other military experts believe we can realize savings of at ...
Laura Matthews - International Business Times
Another manufactured budget crisis is facing Washington, but this time around it looks as if there will be no last-minute showdown.
David Alexander and Phil Stewart - Reuters
The Pentagon's civilian and military leaders warned in dire terms on Tuesday that $46 billion in budget cuts due to go into effect in two weeks would erode the nation's ability to go to war and appealed to Congress to delay the reductions.
Theresa Riley - Bill Moyers
Recommended Reading: Fiscal Cliff Deal January 2, 2013 by Theresa Riley Want to know more about the 11th hour deal Congress and the White House reached early Tuesday morning? Here’s a collection of articles explaining what’s in the deal and differing viewpoints on the consequences. “The Fiscal Cliff Deal”by Chris Hellman ...
Mattea Kramer and Rory O'Sullivan - Christian Science Monitor
Almost 5 million people under age 30 are looking for work. Millions have gone back to school only to face skyrocketing college tuition and few opportunities upon graduation. Not surprisingly, anational poll of 18- to 34-year-olds found that almost half of our fellow Millennials fears they will end up worse off ...
Alex Klein - The Daily Beast
Leonard Lopate - WNYC
David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal and author, most recently, of Red Ink: Inside the High Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget, and Mattea Kramer, Senior Research Analyst, National Priorities Project, and lead author of National Priorities Project's new book, A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget, explain what the fiscal cliff means, ...
Martin Hutchinson - Reuters BreakingViews
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy doesn’t match his thrifty approach to other spending. The U.S. Republican presidential candidate’s speech on Monday suggests a George W. Bush-like interventionist streak, another step away from the party’s pre-World War Two isolationism. That could lead to more Middle East conflict and defense spending. It’s also ...
Mattea Kramer - Mother Jones
Five big things will decide what this country looks like next year and in the 20 years to follow, but here's a guarantee for you: you're not going to hear about them in the upcoming presidential debates. Yes, there will be questions and answers focused on deficits, taxes, Medicare, the ...
Suzy Khimm, Sarah Kliff, and Dylan Matthews - Washington Post
TRUE – “After two wars that have cost us thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars…” The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost more than $1.37 trillion, according to the National Priorities Project. Over 6,500 US service members have died in the wars.
