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Proposed Pentagon Budget Cuts: Fact Of Spin?: 01/25/2011

- 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.


Rep. Dennis Kucinich Says Defense Spending Consumes More Than Half The Discretionary Budget: 01/24/2011

- 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.


Five Years Of Iraq War: Wisconsin Mobilizing Oppostion At Events Across State: 01/22/2011

- One Wisconsin Now

Milwaukee - Leaders, organizations, activists and citizens across Wisconsin are holding events this week in dozens of cities across Wisconsin in recognition of the fifth anniversary of George W. Bush's war of choice in Iraq which has cost America nearly 4,000 soldiers, including 84 brave Wisconsinites who have made the ...


Local Youth Activists Take Second In National Video Contest: 01/20/2011

- The Skanner

Vy Nguyen, Mireaya Medina, Christopher Luchini, Indasia Summerfield, Jessica Valdefiera, and Allah Parks from American Friends Service Committee United Voices Youth Group in Portland have won second prize in the National Priorities Project "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" video contest. The youths win Flip cameras and a national spotlight ...


Battle Brews Over Us Marines Efv, Larger Misison: 01/20/2011

Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Lawmakers are primed to defend a $14 billion General Dynamics Corp (GD.N) amphibious landing vehicle canceled by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but the larger battle may be over Pentagon plans to shift away from the Marine Corps' storm-the-beaches mission.


Warring For Peace: 01/19/2011

Soft Money - Daily Kos

ccording to the National Priorities Project, a 501(c) think tank based in Massachusetts, the United States (at this exact moment) spent exactly $370,332,000,000 dollars in the Afghanistan War. In less than one minute, more money will have been spent than an average American household earns annually. These numbers do not ...


What's At Stake? State Briefs On Impact Of War Spending: 01/14/2011

- PA Council of Churches

As part of the re-launch of our website, CostofWar.com (http://costofwar.com/en/), we are issuing What's at Stake?, 50 state-level briefs focused on the impact of war spending (http://costofwar.com/en/publications/2011/whats-at-stake/).


Friday On The Green: Morristown Peace Vigil To Remember Arizona Shooting Victims: 01/13/2011

Laurie Thomas - Morristown Green

The Morristown Peace Vigil has been holding vigils on the Green in Morristown from 6 to 7 pm every Friday since the Friday after 9/11. Sometimes, we dedicate the vigil to particular events and invite various groups to participate. This Friday, we're going to dedicate the vigil to the victims ...


What's At Stake? National Priorities Project's 50 State-Level Briefs On Impact Of War Spending: 01/13/2011

Jo Comerford - U.S. Labor Against the War

As part of the re-launch of our website, CostofWar.com, we are issuing What's at Stake?, 50 state-level briefs focused on the impact of war spending.