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...
View ArticleSAMPLE PRESS RELEASE for June Actions
Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweet~~ MEDIA ADVISORY ~~ Released: [DATE] [names and event are made up; data is correct] Contact: [NAME OF SPOKESPERSON, NAME OF ORGANIZATION, PHONE...
View ArticleHigher 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...
View ArticleOne Man’s Collateral Damage Is Another Man’s Son…
Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweet Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweet
View ArticlePentagon 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...
View ArticleBest way to honor the fallen . . . .
Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweet Don't keep this a secret. Like and share it. Tweet
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleEven 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,...
View ArticleMcGovern-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...
View ArticleAfghan 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...
View ArticleAfghan 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...
View ArticleSurvey 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...
View ArticleArmy 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,...
View ArticleReady 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...
View ArticlePentagon 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...
View ArticleTime 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...
View ArticleChiefs’ 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...
View ArticleDavid 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...
View ArticleArmy 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....
View ArticleObama 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....
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....