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Karzai Expected to Sign Afghan Security Pact, U.S. Official Says

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/13/Karzai_Expected_to_Sign_Afghan_Security/

Dec. 13, 2013 - ...official.

Give Americans a budget to be thankful for

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/11/27/budget-to-be-thankful-for/

Nov. 27, 2013 - This Thanksgiving, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best interes...

National Prioritities Project estimates cost of military action in Syria

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/09/06/npp-estimates-cost-of-military-action-in-syria/

Sept. 6, 2013 - ...of nerve gas on its citizens, the National Priorities Project has calculated such action may cost hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.

The Cost of Military Intervention in Syria

Blog - /blog/2013/09/05/cost-military-intervention-syria/

Sept. 5, 2013 - ...Cost of National Security site, you can see the real-time cost of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile program. In 2013, the program is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers $320 million –...

NPP's Numbers in the Wild: Cost of the Modern Soldier

Blog - /blog/2013/08/14/npps-numbers-wild-cost-modern-soldier/

Aug. 14, 2013 - ...cost of the modern soldier. If you use our data in your work, let us know!

Military Spending Fact Sheet

Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/military-spending-fact-sheet/

Aug. 1, 2013 - Key facts for understanding the current debate over military spending.

Cost of War Will Tackle New Terrain

Blog - /blog/2013/05/28/cost-war-will-tackle-new-terrain/

May 28, 2013 - ...Cost of War site has been keeping track of real-time federal spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But now the Cost of War site is going to tackle new terrain.

Top Five Things To Know About the Pentagon’s Budget Request

Blog - /blog/2013/04/15/top-five-things-know-about-pentagons-budget-request/

April 17, 2013 - ...of the request, the administration is seeking $526.6 billion for the Pentagon. This amount does not including funding for wars or the nuclear weapons activities at the Department of Energy.  Here...

Top 5 Things to Know About President Obama's 2014 Budget

Blog - /blog/2013/04/10/president-obamas-2014-budget-top-5-things-know/

April 10, 2013 - ...of the first Monday in February. Here are the top five things to know about the new budget.

President Obama Proposes 2014 Budget

Analysis - /analysis/2013/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2014-budget/

April 10, 2013 - ...of President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, including proposed reductions in Social Security benefits.

Fiscal Year 2014 Pentagon Budget Analysis

Analysis - /analysis/2013/fiscal-year-2014-pentagon-budget-analysis/

April 10, 2013 - ...of the Pentagon's 2014 budget request.

Competing Visions: President Obama, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Patty Murray, and House Progressives Release Budget Proposals for 2014

Analysis - /analysis/2013/budget-proposals-2014/

March 14, 2013 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.

Too Much Money Spent in Iraq for Too Few Results

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/06/too-much-money-too-few-results/

March 6, 2013 - ...war-torn nation were worth the cost.

House Bill Funds Government for Remainder of the Year

Blog - /blog/2013/03/04/house-bill-funds-government-remainder-year/

March 5, 2013 - The legislation introduced yesterday would extend the current spending bill through the end of the fiscal year – in other words, Congress is proposing to go through this entire fiscal year witho...

Bipartisan coalition calls for reforming sequester's defense cuts

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/02/26/bipartisan-coalition-calls-for-reforming-sequester/

Feb. 26, 2013 - ...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. &ldq...

Sequestration's Havoc

Blog - /blog/2013/02/24/sequestrations-havoc/

Feb. 25, 2013 - ...of the problem believing it unwise to cut federal investment in the midst of continued economic crisis – especially when sequestration takes meaningful tax reform off the table. Now, just days a...

Sequestration, the Pentagon, and the States

Analysis - /analysis/2013/sequestration-pentagon-and-states/

Feb. 21, 2013 - ...offers selected state-level briefs focused on the local impact of looming automatic across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration and historically high levels of Pentagon spending.

Pentagon urges delay in "devastating" $46 billion budget cuts

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/02/12/pentagon-urges-delay-in-devastating-budget-cuts/

Feb. 12, 2013 - ...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.

A Fight for the Future: How Budget Talks Affect Young People

Blog - /blog/2012/11/21/fight-future-how-budget-talks-affect-young-people/

Nov. 21, 2012 - ...of Americans.

Executive Summary

Analysis - /analysis/2012/education-job-training-and-fiscal-showdown/executive-summary/

Nov. 15, 2012 - ...of total public spending. Meanwhile, rising tuition pushes college out of reach for millions of young people. Education is fundamentally connected to jobs, which is currently the top priority for most...