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Lockheed Global Training Fends Off Rivals, Wins Big C-130 Training Contract: 02/15/2011

Richard Burnett - Orlando Sentinel

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s high-tech training division in Orlando has landed a $270 million Air Force contract to provide the pilot- and aircrew-training systems for the C-130 transport, the company said Tuesday.


The Human Toll: 02/15/2011

Eric Stoner - Eric Stoner

In December, as the United States entered the 10th year of what President Obama called the "good war" in Afghanistan, I traveled to Kabul to take stock of the human toll of the increasingly bloody occupation.


Obama Administration Request For Missile Defense In Fy 2012: 02/15/2011

John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World/The Chain Reaction

Missile Defense – The Administration is requesting $10.7 billion for missile defense in FY 2012, up roughly $450 million from the current $10.2 billion. This total does not include $995.2 million for the SBIRS-High satellite.


Budget : 02/14/2011

- Institute for Public Accuracy

THOMAS FERGUSON


Northampton City Democratic Committee Votes To Bring The Troops And War Taxes Home: 02/14/2011

Marty Nathan - PDA

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--On Saturday, February 12, the forty-some members present at the Northampton City Democratic Committee Meeting voted nearly unanimously to adopt the Resolution to Bring the Troops and War Taxes Home, furthering the grassroots effort to stop the war and increase domestic spending on human needs.


Analysis Of The Fiscal Year 2012 Pentagon Spending Request: 02/14/2011

Chris Hellman - US Labor Against the War (USLAW)

BACKGROUND


Valentine's Day: Budget Priorities Debate Begins: 02/13/2011

Julie - WAND Educational Fund

Happy Valentine's Day! We are awaiting the release of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Request, expected later today. You probably heard news about this over the weekend and if so, you know that the Administration plans to have some targeted investments mixed with a 5-year "freeze" in most ...


43 Afghanistan Coalition Military Fatalities In 2011 Through Feb. 12: 02/13/2011

Staff Reporter - International Business Times

There have been forty-three Afghanistan coalition military fatalities from the start of 2011 to February 12, according to tracker iCasualites.org. The total comes after more than 711 fatalities last year, a record total in a war now in its 10th year, says the organization, which compiles official data. So far ...


Join Nh Peace Action For A Weedend Of Events: 02/11/2011

- NH Peace Action

With Keynote Speaker Jo Comerford,


Young Filmmakers Decry The Trillion-Dollar Cost Of Two Dumb Wars: 02/10/2011

Derrick Crowe - Huffington Post

Although neither I nor Brave New Foundation were involved in this project, I have to say how proud I am of these young people. While many of their peers were playing video games like "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and rehearsing the act of war, these kids took on the ...