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Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2012 Pentagon Spending Request

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/14/analysis-of-the-fiscal-year-2012-pentagon-spending/

Feb. 14, 2011 - BACKGROUND

Northampton city democratic committee votes to bring the troops and war taxes home

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/14/northampton-city-democratic-committee-votes-to-bri/

Feb. 14, 2011 - ...War Taxes Home, furthering the grassroots effort to stop the war and increase domestic spending on human needs.

43 Afghanistan coalition military fatalities in 2011 through Feb. 12

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/13/43-afghanistan-coalition-military-fatalities-in-20/

Feb. 13, 2011 - ...war now in its 10th year, says the organization, which compiles official data. So far there have been 2,324 fatalities of coalition military service members in the Afghanistan War.

Young filmmakers decry the trillion-dollar cost of two dumb wars

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/10/young-filmmakers-decry-the-trillion-dollar-cost-of/

Feb. 10, 2011 - ...of these young people. While many of their peers were playing video games like "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and rehearsing the act of war, these kids took on the reality of war and its true costs, and he...

Obama, The Moderate Republican

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/09/obama-the-moderate-republican/

Feb. 9, 2011 - ...of what used to be called "moderate Republicanism." The occasion was Obama's second State of the Union address, in which he assured millions of Americans watching on television that what's "at stake r...

Analysis: U.S. Military says keeps up with China; Isit enought?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/01/analysis-us-military-says-keeps-up-with-china-isit/

Feb. 1, 2011 - ...of faster-than-expected advances by China's military, but looming cost cuts are adding to doubts about the future of American power in the Pacific.

Solar Peace, or Blood for oil: The Need to Broaden the Peace Movement

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/28/solar-peace-or-blood-for-oil-the-need-to-broaden-t/

Jan. 28, 2011 - ...of the Union address, President Obama opened a door through which the peace, labor and environmental movements should march, towards an energy future not dependent on resource wars.

The President Speaks

Blog - /blog/2011/01/26/president-speaks/

Jan. 26, 2011 - ...of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the President to “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the ...

The Numbers Behind President Obama's “State of the Union” Address

Analysis - /analysis/2011/numbers-behind-president-obamas-state-union-address/

Jan. 26, 2011 - ...of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall j...

National Priorities Project: Looks at the numbers behind President Obama's “State of the Union” address

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/26/national-priorities-project-looks-at-the-numbers-b/

Jan. 26, 2011 - ...of the Union address by President Obama, National Priorities Project offers a look at the numbers behind many of the major topics covered in the speech.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich says defense spending consumes more than half the discretionary budget

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/24/rep-dennis-kucinich-says-defense-spending-consumes/

Jan. 24, 2011 - ...cost of wars.

Five Years of Iraq War: Wisconsin Mobilizing Oppostion at Events Across State

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/22/five-years-of-iraq-war-wisconsin-mobilizing-oppost/

Jan. 22, 2011 - ...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 mad...

Battle brews over US Marines EFV, larger misison

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/20/battle-brews-over-us-marines-efv-larger-misison/

Jan. 20, 2011 - 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 batt...

Warring for Peace

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/19/warring-for-peace/

Jan. 19, 2011 - 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...

What's at Stake? State Briefs on Impact of War Spending

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/14/whats-at-stake-state-briefs-on-impact-of-war-spend/

Jan. 14, 2011 - ...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/publica...

What's at Stake? National Priorities Project's 50 state-level briefs on impact of war spending

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/13/whats-at-stake-national-priorities-projects-50-sta/

Jan. 13, 2011 - ...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.

Friday on the Green: Morristown Peace Vigil to remember Arizona shooting victims

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/13/friday-on-the-green-morristown-peace-vigil-to-reme/

Jan. 13, 2011 - ...of the shootings in Tucson. The Coalition for Peace Action and its project CeaseFire New Jersey are supporting this Friday's vigil as well.

Cost of War: Breaking It Down 1/12

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/12/cost-of-war-breaking-it-down-112/

Jan. 12, 2011 - ...of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address, in which he warned of the rise of a "military-industrial complex."

The Baptism of Jesus [a]

Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/09/the-baptism-of-jesus-a/

Jan. 9, 2011 - January 9, 2011

What would you do with $1 trillion dollars? Ask a young filmmaker

Blog - /blog/2011/01/07/what-would-you-do-1-trillion-dollars-ask-young-filmmaker/

Jan. 7, 2011 - ...of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest which asks young people to convey how they would spend the more than $1 trillion dollars spent on the U.S. wars ...