Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/reports-war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion/
Sept. 2, 2021 - ...war in Afghanistan during his first speech since the end of the two-decade military campaign there on Tuesday. Now, two recent reports show that the cost to the US and the rest of the globe is conside...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion-killed-million/
Sept. 2, 2021 - ...Afghanistan intervention, marking a new era of U.S.-led conflict across the globe.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/state-insecurity-cost-militarization-911/
Sept. 1, 2021 - Over 20 years, the U.S. has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression — all in the name of security. These investments have shown us that the U.S. has the capa...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/post-911-militarization-cost-trillion-heres-money/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...wars and domestic militarization since 9/11 could cover the cost of eliminating student debt, the Green New Deal, vaccines for the Global South, and much more, says Lindsay Koshgarian of the National ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarism/
Sept. 1, 2021 - "Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-post-911-security-state-21-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/america-price-tag-two-decades-war-6-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...wars' financial costs will continue to accrue for years even now that the last U.S. soldier has left Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-wars-afghanistan-iraq-trillions-more/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...Afghanistan war’s mammoth expense, the bulk of it financed with borrowed money and whose financial impact could be felt for decades.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/biden-defends-ending-forever-wars-afghanistan/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...war and the need to get out, but she says it’s “clearly not true” that the U.S. is winding down the war on terror.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/31/as-afghan-war-ends-gop-adds-25-billion-military/
Aug. 31, 2021 - ...war even as we withdraw from Afghanistan. We have to stop this amendment."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/25/lets-take-profit-out-of-war/
Aug. 25, 2021 - ...war spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/17/one-year-afghanistan-war-resettle-million-refugees/
Aug. 17, 2021 - ...war. Now, let's spend to bring Afghans to safety."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/27/biden-climate-pledge-threatens-belligerence-china/
July 27, 2021 - Bipartisan saber rattling and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/20/hallmark-rumsfeld-reign-human-suffering/
July 20, 2021 - ...wars he started can’t die with him. Unfortunately, we are still living with the catastrophic consequences of his actions and those of his fellow neoconservative ideologues surrounding President ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/20/americas-climate-security-dilemma/
July 20, 2021 - If Biden is serious about creating a more inclusive foreign policy, environmental security can’t be framed in military terms.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/president-bidens-fy-2022-budget-request/
June 11, 2021 - The president's request calls for $753 billion for the Pentagon and nuclear weapons, plus another $12 billion in foreign military aid.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/06/04/Bidens-Unconscionable-Military-Budget/
June 4, 2021 - ...Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/forever-increasing-pentagon-budget-undermines-american-security/
May 28, 2021 - Today’s budget proposal rightly calls for major increases in domestic investment. But at the same time, its continued funding increases for the Pentagon undermine the prioritization of real secu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/22/Biden-think-big-on-jobs-small-on-Pentagon/
April 22, 2021 - An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/18/earth-day-wish-demilitarize-santa-barbara/
April 18, 2021 - ...wars, nuclear weapons and some 800 overseas U.S. bases — none of which defend us against climate disruption, against flash flooding in Montecito or wildfires in Santa Barbara.
