The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Waging Peace By Leah Bolger, WarIsACrime.org Pauling Lecture, Oregon State University, Power Point Good evening. I want to thank the committee for inviting me to speak with you this evening—it is such a pleasure to be here. When I received the letter from Professor Clinton congratulating me on being nominated as the 30th person to …
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Jeff St. Claire and the late, and much missed, Alexander Cockburn have written an excellent and important history of how the democrats under Clinton sold out their heritage and, in effect, became the enablers of the Republicans in the construction of the emerging American police. WEEKEND EDITION AUGUST 9-11, 2013 Welfare Reform …
John Nichols and Rbbert W. McChesney 4.0 out of 5 stars Sickening at Two Levels — Superb Indictment of Periphery, Completely Avoids Two Party Tyranny Issue, July 19, 2013 This book makes me sick at two levels. Level 1: It is the best treatment available of what I and many others have been saying for …
NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index. Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …
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The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets Faculty Research Working Paper Series Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School Abstract: The Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, taken together, will be the most expensive wars in US history – totaling somewhere between $4 to $6 trillion. This …
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists By RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army‘s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over …
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Below find excerpts of Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes latest analysis of the costs of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Note that the costs are now estimated to lay somewhere between $4 trillion and $6 trillion. Find this important study at the Harvard website: Bilmes, Linda J. “The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How …
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