Lara Jakes - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.
- MSNBC
NPP's research director Mattea Kramer appeared on Up with Chris Hayes on Sunday, March 3, to talk about growing support for cuts to military spending.
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
Across-the-board automatic federal spending cuts, known as a sequester, threaten to take effect Friday. President Barack Obama, who has learned a lesson about one-on-one negotiation with congressional Republicans, has taken to campaign mode, likely in the hope of scoring a victory in the court of public opinion.
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, ...
