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Paul Ryan’s “Mind is Open” to a Frame­work for Defense Tran­si­tion Assistance

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweetby Mike Hel­bick, Pro­gram Direc­tor, Peace Action Wis­con­sin April 30, 2013...

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Higher War Costs Driving Large Part of Pentagon’s Budget Shortfall

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. TweetCQ NEWS – POLICY May 7, 2013 – 6:00 a.m.   By John M. Donnelly, CQ Roll Call   Lawmakers, defense industry advocates and Pentagon officials blame...

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One Man’s Collateral Damage Is Another Man’s Son…

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Pentagon Said to Seek $80 Billion for War Amid Withdrawal

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweetby Tony Capaccio and Gopal Ratnam Bloomberg, May 17, 2013...

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Best way to honor the fallen . . . .

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The Lever of Social Action

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. TweetPublished on Thursday, May 30, 2013 by Common Dreams by Robert C. Koehler “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall...

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Even the Warriors Say the Wars Make Us Less Safe

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweethttp://warisacrime.org/lesssafe Experts Say U.S. Executive Secret War Harming U.S. National Security collected by Fred Branfman   Admiral Dennis Blair,...

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McGovern-G.O.P. Alliance a Sign of Shift on Afghanistan

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweethttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/mcgovern-g-o-p-alliance-a-sign-of-shift-on-afghanistan/ By DEREK WILLIS An unusual groundswell of support...

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Afghan War Vote More About War Fatigue Than Forcing Drawdown

Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. TweetCQ NEWS – POLICY June 14, 2013 -4:28 p.m. By Frank Oliveri, CQ Roll Call When the House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved an amendment directing the...

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Afghan war now more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war ever was

TweetBy Max Fisher, Updated: July 26, 2013 Washington Post/ABC News poll The proportion of Americans who say the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting has dropped to 28 percent, according to a new...

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Survey of Earliest Human Settlements Undermines Claim That War Has Deep...

Tweet  Ancient settlement in Jordan, Southern Levant, where humans lived without significant warfare from 15,000 to 5,500 years ago, according to new archaeological survey., A. Sobkowski/Wikimedia...

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Army Chief Submits $3.2 Billion Unfunded Request To Hagel

Posted on InsideDefense.com: November 7, 2013 The Army needs an additional $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2014 to alleviate readiness shortfalls caused by sequester cuts imposed in fiscal year 2013,...

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Ready for What? — Joint Chiefs Miss the Point on Pentagon Reform

By William D. Hartung Posted: 11/08/2013 4:22 pm The sky is falling — again — at the Pentagon. Or so one would think from listening to this week’s testimony by the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

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Pentagon fiscal chief Robert Hale: ‘I am nervous’

 http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/pentagon-fiscal-chief-robert-hale-99669.html?hp=t3_3 “Frankly, I am nervous,” says Robert Hale, the Pentagon’s comptroller. And with reason. A month and half into...

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Time to take a fresh look at trimming defense

By Walter Pincus, Published: November 11  It’s time for Congress to trim defense spending rationally — not through across-the-board cuts — and on Thursday the Joint Chiefs of Staff offered a list of...

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Chiefs’ Equation: More Sequester Equals More Casualties. Lawmakers Don’t...

The Pentagon’s top generals continue sending mixed messages about the impacts of pending military spending cuts. The latest instance of the service chiefs’ uneven talking points came during a Senate...

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David Vitter amendment could delay Iran sanctions

By: Burgess Everett November 14, 2013 06:25 PM EST In its quest to keep Congress from enacting new sanctions on Iran, President Barack Obama may have found an unlikely ally: Sen. David Vitter. The...

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Army To Sacrifice GCV To Stave Off ‘Creeping Hollowness’

BreakingDefense.com November 14, 2013 By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. WASHINGTON: “It’s not his call,” the Army general said. The general was the Army’s director of strategy, plans, and policy, Maj. Gen....

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Obama vs. the Generals

Politico Magazine  November 2013 By ROSA BROOKS After a spate of news stories this summer citing tensions between President Barack Obama and his top military commanders over the possibility of U.S....

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