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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/12/our-view-iraq-war-awaits-the-verdict-of-history/
Aug. 12, 2010 - Holland, MI —
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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"...
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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/07/preventing-and-curing-conflict/
July 7, 2010 - ...war as a global health problem?
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...
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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/30/what-happens-when-the-stimulus-runs-out/
June 30, 2010 - Editor, The Times:
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/18/how-one-trillion-dollars-could-be-better-spent/
June 18, 2010 - MoveOn.org
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...
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...
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.