Blog - /blog/2015/01/22/npp-staff-joins-partners-annual-national-security-strategy-retreat/
Jan. 22, 2015 - Last week, three of NPP’s own joined dozens of partners from around the country at an annual National Security Strategy Retreat held in Bethesda, MD, just outside of Washington, DC.
Blog - /blog/2015/01/21/state-union-2015/
Jan. 21, 2015 - ...war spending and more.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/12/12/buried-within-omnibus-bill-long-term-blank-check/
Dec. 12, 2014 - ...warn that "emergency" war spending fund, which was supposed to be temporary, has become permanent fixture that inflates Pentagon's budget
Blog - /blog/2014/11/25/can-america-endendlesswar/
Nov. 25, 2014 - ...Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/11/12/300000-hour-ISIS/
Nov. 12, 2014 - ...war in Afghanistan (the National Priorities Project, which advocates for budget transparency, estimates that the U.S. has now spent more than $1.5 trillion on its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an...
Blog - /blog/2014/11/10/president-requests-56-billion-fight-isis/
Nov. 10, 2014 - What does America expect to accomplish in fighting ISIS? And what will it cost?
Analysis - /analysis/2014/competing-visions-election/
Oct. 29, 2014 - NPP revisits its Competing Visions analysis that shows how lawmakers would break down the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/22/what-has-us-spent-fighting-ebola/
Oct. 22, 2014 - What has the U.S. spent fighting Ebola? It seems nobody really knows. One thing we do know: it’s not a lot.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/16/notsofast-americamustknow-whenwillitend/
Sept. 16, 2014 - In the wake of President Obama’s speech to the nation last Wednesday, and with a bill in Congress today authorizing further military action against ISIS, we are left with several troubling quest...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/19/15-trillion-and-counting-what-new-involvement-iraq-means-federal-spending/
Aug. 19, 2014 - ...wary about our role in a conflict most of us think we never should have started in the first place. Polls show that while Americans are divided on new airstrikes in Iraq, most are ...
Blog - /blog/2014/07/03/give-peace-chance-what-federal-budget-tells-us-about-us-response-isis-and-iraq/
July 8, 2014 - How will the United States choose to respond to instability in Iraq, where ISIS is at the center of renewed conflict?
Blog - /blog/2014/07/02/whats-more-patriotic-investing-home-or-overseas/
July 2, 2014 - With Independence Day this week, Americans are celebrating all the things that make our country great. A patriotic mindset begs the question of how our involvement in conflicts overseas – like r...
Blog - /blog/2014/06/17/npps-work-spotlight-military-spending/
June 17, 2014 - We recently re-launched a major portion of our website, organizing our federal budget research content into eight issue areas. This week, we bring you key highlights on military and sec...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/26/troop-levels-afghanistan/
May 26, 2014 - ...Afghanistan yesterday to thank U.S. troops, President Barack Obama is nearing a decision on how and when to let them come home. The conflict has cost the U.S. more than $720 billion since 2001, accord...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/fiscal-year-2015-pentagon-budget-analysis/
April 7, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines the new budget proposal for the Department of Defense.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/budget-proposals-2015/
April 1, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/notes-sources/
March 14, 2014 - ...war costs, and international security assistance. Subfunctions: 051, 053, 054, 152 Example programs: Weapons acquisition Military operations in Afghanistan Army National Guard Science Gener...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/06/pentagons-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - How the U.S. Military Avoided Budget Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Then Asked for Billions More
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/pentagon-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - ...war, and for the 13th year, the U.S. is making war in Afghanistan. For that part of the budget, which falls into the Washington category of “Overseas Contingency Operations” (OCO), the Pen...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/05/Top-Five-Obama-Budget/
March 5, 2014 - ...war costs, the budget contains $549 billion for military programs, a more than 5 percent increase relative to 2014. In addition, the Department of Defense receives a separate budget for war activities...
