Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/28/what-have-we-bought-with-1-trillion/
May 28, 2010 - As of 10:06 on Sunday, May 30th, we will have spent $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/25/1-trillion-for-wars-makes-no-sense-by-any-measure/
May 25, 2010 - What is $1 trillion really worth?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/22/the-true-cost-of-oil/
May 22, 2010 - When Americans pull up to the pump, the price they pay for a gallon of gas does not begin to reflect the true costs of extracting, transporting, and burning that gallon of fuel.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/20/tomgram-christopher-hellman-is-the-pentagon-finall/
May 20, 2010 - ...military pensions ranging up to $220,000 a year) are brought back as consultants at prices that run to $440 per hour. "In some cases," reports USA Today, "mentors were paid by the military to run war...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/18/bullets-and-bombs-are-bringing-destruction-to-fore/
May 18, 2010 - Can bullets and bombs cause severe destruction in foreign lands and in America at the same time? Is that not impossible? It's not only possible, but it's happening right before our eyes. While bullets...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/17/tough-budget-choices-non-security-discretionary-pr/
May 17, 2010 - ...military spending, which has been growing for about a decade. While domestic spending increased by approximately 24 percent from FY 2001 to FY 2010, military spending (including war costs) surged 71 p...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/14/cheney-on-gay-marriage-freedom-for-everyone/
May 14, 2010 - WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/13/budget-according-to-mccain-part-i/
May 13, 2010 - Summary
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/12/victory-in-afghanistan-a-fools-dream/
May 12, 2010 - ...military operations in Afghanistan despite reservations among many members about the corrupt regime of Afghan leader, Hamid Karzai. Operations that many in the Pentagon are beginning to question from ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/11/flushing-more-money-down-the-afghan-toilet/
May 11, 2010 - Isn't it time to call what Congress will soon vote on by its right name: war escalation funding?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/10/gates-we-can-cut-military-spending/
May 10, 2010 - ...military power that we can afford to do without a few ships here, a few planes there (and many more if we follow Gates's statement to its logical conclusion):
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/09/the-folly-of-nation-building/
May 9, 2010 - ...military expenditures are as great as the military expenditures of the rest of the world combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/07/afghanistan-and-central-asian-oil/
May 7, 2010 - Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October began its ninth year. At $4 billion per month, a National Priorities Project has determined that the total cost of military operations in Afghanistan by the end...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/06/rpt-factox-a-look-at-costs-of-afghan-war-to-us-tax/
May 6, 2010 - President Barack Obama's request in February for more money to pay for the war in Afghanistan is still snarled in Congress as lawmakers work on other priorities and deal with scarce budget resources.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/04/mushrooms-keep-sprouting/
May 4, 2010 - Anthropologist Margaret Mead is credited with the statement, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Mead s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/01/its-time-to-rethink-the-cost-of-wars/
May 1, 2010 - The National Priorities Project estimates that it cost the U.S. taxpayers $1.05 trillion dollars to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through the end of Fiscal Year 2010. In March, the administration...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/30/high-speed-rail-a-national-security-priority/
April 30, 2010 - By Paul Scaglia
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/29/bloomfield-public-square-dialogue-for-the-21st-cen/
April 29, 2010 - Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is so fed up with all the painful budget cuts he has to implement that he has embarked on a very unusual project that he introduced at a press conference ...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/charts-update-april-26-2010/
April 26, 2010 - National Priorities Project has updated its Federal Budget 101: Budget Charts with data from the FY2011 budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/22/guns-vs-butter-2010/
April 22, 2010 - See if you can identify the bleeding heart liberal who said this:
