David Swanson - Centre for Research on Globalization
Did you know that the U.S. public wants military spending cut? Did you know that President Barack Obama wants to increase it for his third year in a row? Actually I already know that most of you didn't know either of these things.
Phil Stewart - Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. military commanders are expressing confidence that they can hold their own in the face of faster-than-expected advances by China's military, but looming cost cuts are adding to doubts about the future of American power in the Pacific.
- American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP) have announced the six lucky winners of the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" video contest.
Ben Storrow - Amherst Bulletin
LEVERETT -- What can tiny Leverett, a town of just over 1,700 people, do for world peace? Five residents seeking to establish a peace commission in town say they have an answer to that question.
Tom Hayden - Dick & Sharon's LA Progressive
In his State of the Union address, President Obama opened a door through which the peace, labor and environmental movements should march, towards an energy future not dependent on resource wars.
- Military Families Speak Out
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Joe Comerford - Iowa Politics
Northampton, MA - As the nation reflects on last night's State of the Union address by President Obama, National Priorities Project offers a look at the numbers behind many of the major topics covered in the speech.
- United for Justice with Peace
Secretary of Defense Gates announced his proposed cuts to the Pentagon budget. President Reagan's budget director, David Stockman called Gate's proposal of $78 billion cut to US defense spending, a mere "pin-prick" to a behemoth military-industrial complex.
- The Plain Dealer: PolitiFact Ohio
President Obama submitted his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Valentine's Day, but the debate on efforts to cut spending started weeks earlier. Rep. Dennis Kucinich opened it with a call to question the cost of wars.
