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Stop Talkin' Bout a Green(washed) Revolution

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/19/stop-talkin-bout-a-greenwashed-revolution/

Aug. 19, 2010 - ...war by the non-profit National Priorities Project (NPP) puts total military-related expenditures (through September, 2010) at a mind-numbing $1.09 trillion.

OUR VIEW – Iraq war awaits the verdict of history

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/12/our-view-iraq-war-awaits-the-verdict-of-history/

Aug. 12, 2010 - Holland, MI —

National Priorities Project: $1.09 trillion total spending in Iraq and Afghanistan

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/05/national-priorities-project-109-trillion-total-spe/

Aug. 5, 2010 - ...Afghanistan.These new appropriations bring war-related spending for Iraq to $749.9 billion and for Afghanistan to $337.8 billion, with total war costs of $1.09 trillion1. National Priorities Project ...

National Priorities Project Tallies Cost of War Including Recent Supplemental Bill Through September 30, 2010

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/05/national-priorities-project-tallies-cost-of-war-in/

Aug. 5, 2010 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the 2010 fiscal year. The bulk of this money was directed to Afghanistan accounting for $33.9 billion. National Priorities Project estimates that total spending for th...

Rebuild America, or Bomb Afghanistan? Bring our War Dollars Home!

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/23/rebuild-america-or-bomb-afghanistan-bring-our-war-/

July 23, 2010 - Meanwhile, a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is talking about cuts to Social Security, Medicare and the home mortgage deduction to address the nation's growing budget deficit.

Pakistan Change of Strategy is Business as Usual

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/19/pakistan-change-of-strategy-is-business-as-usual/

July 19, 2010 - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Sunday, what is being touted as a new plan for dealing with Pakistan. The plan involves an expansion of development assistance in an effort to keep Pakista...

Pentagon Spending on the Chopping Block

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/15/pentagon-spending-on-the-chopping-block/

July 15, 2010 - ...ward," on June 11, in Washington, D.C. The Task Force report does not include any recommendations related to the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It looks only at the Pentagon's annual "base"...

Who's War is it anyway?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/11/whos-war-is-it-anyway/

July 11, 2010 - ...war in Afghanistan. He called for an "international order that can meet challenges of our generation" that ranges from nuclear proliferation to climate change.

Preventing and curing conflict

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/07/preventing-and-curing-conflict/

July 7, 2010 - ...war as a global health problem?

Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Delusion

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/06/afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-delusion/

July 6, 2010 - ...Afghanistan: the 2nd most corrupt place on earth. The perfect vacation spot. In this Middle East paradise the weather is warm and the opium could not be better. For some great tourist destinations, ch...

Senate candidate Kendrick Meek says wars need public focus

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/06/senate-candidate-kendrick-meek-says-wars-need-publ/

July 6, 2010 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a back seat to job creation."We have to look at Afghanistan as a dollar sign," the Democrat told The Times-Union's editorial board Tuesday. "We have to really l...

What happens when the stimulus runs out?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/30/what-happens-when-the-stimulus-runs-out/

June 30, 2010 - Editor, The Times:

Those Who Profited From Deficit Spending Should Be Focused on Fiscal Commission

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/30/those-who-profited-from-deficit-spending-should-be/

June 30, 2010 - ...war spending. Expanding Medicare to cover all Americans will save money and improve health. And, Social Security is essential to most Americans and is a contract between the government and the people ...

Trillion Dollar Dreams: What Military Spending Could Buy

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/22/trillion-dollar-dreams-what-military-spending-coul/

June 22, 2010 - ...wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at the same time that the country recently surpassed one thousand deaths of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan.Many feel with all the money spent America is not any ...

What are our Congressional representatives thinking?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/22/what-are-our-congressional-representatives-thinkin/

June 22, 2010 - So in today's auto-emails that track the (lack of) progress on the pending Extender legislation in Congress we read that the latest bright idea to bring down the cost of the legislation is to remove u...

Japan Given Afghanistan Priority Mining Rights

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/21/japan-given-afghanistan-priority-mining-rights/

June 21, 2010 - ...Afghanistan total 1,103. In May 2010, the total cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed $1 trillion, according to National Priorities Project's Cost of War.

How One Trillion Dollars Could Be Better Spent

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/18/how-one-trillion-dollars-could-be-better-spent/

June 18, 2010 - MoveOn.org

Focus on National Security

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/15/focus-on-national-security/

June 15, 2010 - ...Afghanistan wars passed the $1 trillion mark. The latest National Security Strategy released by the White House on May 27 contains an unusual amount of discussion of economic issues for such a documen...

Greenwashing to Pentagon

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/13/greenwashing-to-pentagon/

June 13, 2010 - ...war and militarism - especially in terms of the United States - becomes ever-more pressing. The U.S. military is the world's single biggest consumer of fossil fuels, and the single entity most respons...

Panel commissioneb by Barney Frank recommends nearly $1T in defense cuts

Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/11/panel-commissioneb-by-barney-frank-recommends-near/

June 11, 2010 - A panel commissioned by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is recommending nearly $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon's budget during the next 10 years.