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The War In Iraq: At What Cost?: 09/01/2010

Jim Wallis - Huffington Post

The emotion that grips me this morning, after watching President Obama's speech last night and listening to the commentary about the "end of our combat mission in Iraq," is a deep sadness. Even in the Oval Office speech last night, the mission of the war in Iraq still wasn't made ...


A Speech For Endless War: 09/01/2010

Normon Solomon - Huffington Post

On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.


Local Veterans, Refugees Look To Iraq's Future: 09/01/2010

Todd South - Chattanooga Times Free Press

As U.S. troops leave Iraq, some Iraqi refugees in Chattanooga worry their country isn't ready to take charge of its own future, but local veterans of the conflict are cautiously optimistic.


Cleburne Taxpayers Will Spend Big On Afghan War: 08/27/2010

Wayne Ruple - Cleburne News

According to the National Priorities Project (www.nationalpriorities.org) the taxpayers of Cleburne County will pay big for the proposed Afghanistan war spending in fiscal year 2011 - $3.1 million to be exact.According to their research, that same $3.1 million could be spent locally in more beneficial ways such as:*Providing 448 military ...


In Search Of Real Security, Part One: A Closer Look At Our Basic Needs In A Time Of Crisis: 08/26/2010

Jon Letman - The Hawaii Independent

LIHUE—Ours is a nation obsessed with security. Two months after the bitter sting of the 9/11 attacks, the federal government formed the Transportation Security Administration and, one year later, the Department of Homeland Security. In the decade that has followed we have been pounded with talk of security in every ...


National Priorities : 08/25/2010

- Hastings on nonviolence

What blocks the US from instituting a nonviolent national policy toward others on this planet? Our devotion to violence and violent threat. Our military is fearsome and guarantees that we are hated by much of the world, feared by all, and that our ecology and economy are both in downward ...


National Priorities Project's Trade Offs Tool Shows The Magnitude Of Federal Budget Spending Do You Understand The Localized Impact Of Federal Spending? How Will Your Federal Tax Dollars Be Spent In 2: 08/24/2010

- Common Dreams

WASHINGTON - August 24 - With all eyes on our nation's budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal spending programs. The tool estimates FY2011 spending for select federal programs for individual states, counties, congressional districts, and ...


How Much Is Enough? America's Runaway Military Spending : 08/23/2010

Lawrence Wittner - Huffington Post

The August 9 announcement by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates of cost-containment measures at the Defense Department should not obscure two underlying facts. First, as he conceded, these proposed economies will not result in cutting the overall Pentagon budget, which is slated for expansion. And, second, as a Washington Post ...


Stop Talkin' Bout A Green(Washed) Revolution : 08/19/2010

Sandy LeonVest - Toward Freedom

The most recent tally of the cost of war by the non-profit National Priorities Project (NPP) puts total military-related expenditures (through September, 2010) at a mind-numbing $1.09 trillion.


Last U.S. Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq: 08/19/2010

Christopher Hinton - Market Watch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The last U.S. combat brigade left Iraq early Thursday morning, ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline, according to media reports. At its peak, 170,000 U.S. soldiers were stationed in the Middle East country, and there remains just over 50,000 American soldiers today acting as "advisors" to ...