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Local defense contractors score billions
Arizona Republic 04/07/08 Presid ent Bush’s $515.4 billion 2009 defense budget, now before Congress, bodes well for Arizona’s more than 6,000 military contractors and subcontractors. The spending package,... ...
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't)
http://pol.moveon.org/mcca in10/?id=12407-6174555-zxk 2VS&t=231 1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved,"... ...
The Militarization of America
CounterPunch by Col. Dan Smith 04/02/08 Meeting the need for compact, powerful pistols and other small arms is a vast industry, one that, in the United States, started in the three decades prior to... ...
ACLU: Military skirting law to spy
Hampton Roads Daily Press 04/01/08 The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans’ Internet service providers, financial institutions... ...
An Election Without Meaning
By Peter Phillips Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600... ...
The Man Who Pushed America to War
Six Questions for Aram Roston Author of 'The Man Who Pushed America to War' By Scott Horton It's common to see Chalabi linked closely to the Neocons who played key roles in the Bush Administration's... ...
The good cop and bad cop of world government
Strike the Root by Anthony Gregory 03/12/08 An irony is that in recent years, the United Nations has at times appeared to be downright decent compared to the US empire. Most conspicuously, the UN Security... ...
Stopping the New Arms Race
Katrina Vanden Heuvel writes in The New York Times: "The White House will do everything it can to push its reckless, European-based missile defense plan forward. Not only is there growing citizen opposition... ...
US Attempt to Shoot Down Satellite Undermines Efforts to Ban Space Weapons, Reduces US Security
http://www.commondreams.or g/news2008/0220-04.htm Be hind the Satellite Shoot-Down http://www.comm ondreams.org/news2008/0221 -16.htm -------- China Accuses US of Double Standards Over Satellite Strike James... ...
Military Contractors Are Hard to Fire
Richard Lardner, of The Associated Press, reports: "ITT Federal Services International, a defense contractor hired to maintain battle gear for US troops in Iraq, repeatedly failed to do the job right.... ...