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Obama’s budget includes new bailout, $1.75 trillion deficit
Obama to spend $200b on war in 2009 President Barack Obama intends to ask the US Congress for more than USD 200 billion to cover the country's war spending. http://www.pres stv.ir/detail.aspx?id=8683 8&sectionid=3510203... ...
The big stimulus
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 01/30/09 Puttin g aside Bizarro economics, for now, and my wholesale rejection of same, there is one way we can stimulate the economy with a mighty injection of cash into... ...
Defense doesn’t need stimulus
Cato Institute by William D. Hartung and Christopher Preble 01/28/09 As the Obama administration and Congress move forward with a multifaceted economic-stimulus package with a price tag of hundreds of... ...
Gates projects Pentagon needs $70 billion more for wars
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates estimates the Pentagon will need about $70 billion more to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, on top of the $65.9 billion already approved by Congress. http://news.yah oo.com/s/nm/20090106/ts_nm /us_usa_budget_pentagon_1 From... ...
SIZE OF U.S. MILITARY TO INCREASE AS PLANNED
By Reuters Obama has backed the Bush administration's program to increase the size of the U.S. military's stretched ground forces. He restated his commitment to a larger military at Monday's news conference. http://www.in formationclearinghouse.inf o/article21361.htm With ... ...
Bush Authorizes Record Defense Budget
Maya Schenwar, Truthout: "Last week, Bush signed the 2009 Defense Authorization Act, allowing $611 billion to be spent this fiscal year on defense. Though the number was not a surprise - the money in the... ...
The American Empire, RIP
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 10/10/08 Huntin gton denies that military spending is a drain on the economy, and blames ‘consumerism, not militarism,’ for America’s status as the world’s number one debtor.... ...
We Have the Money: If Only We Didn't Waste It on the Defense Budget
Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch.com: "There has been much moaning, air-sucking, and outrage about the $700 billion that the U.S. government is thinking of throwing away on rich New York bankers who have... ...
Indefensible Spending
By Robert Scheer You wouldn't know it from the most-exhausting-ever presidential primary campaigns, but the 2009 defense budget commits the United States to spending more (again, in real dollars) to... ...
Pentagon Seeks Authority to Train and Equip Foreign Militaries
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Congress on Tuesday to grant the Pentagon permanent authority to train and equip foreign militaries, a task previously administered by the State Department, and to... ...