Pentagon

Rather than adopting a strategy of restraint to get savings from the Pentagon, budgetary cuts can be used to produce restraint. A large cut to Pentagon spending could spark an evaluation of priorities and generate support for elements of a…

The U.S. is running the largest deficit ever—we can’t keep the Pentagon off the table forever.

On Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee will finally hear from the Pentagon's top officials about the use of military force by civilian law enforcement, including clearing Lafayette Square in front of the White House of peaceful…

While many Americans were anxiously awaiting their $1,200 relief payments, the Department of Defense was expediting contract payments to the arms industry, writes Mandy Smithberger.

"To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven… A time to kill, a time to heal… A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late" ~ "Turn, Turn, Turn," as performed by the…

Dems are calling for US to declare war, militarize fight against outbreak

We spend far more on the military than the countries we most fear, while shorting the things that would actually help us compete.

Call it a colossal victory for a Pentagon that hasn’t won a war in this century, but not for the rest of us. Congress only recently passed and the president approved one of the largest Pentagon budgets ever. It will surpass spending at the…

There is no reason for the Pentagon to be depressed, despondent, or angry over the fact that Iraqi officials are kicking the Pentagon out of Iraq. The Pentagon doesn’t belong in Iraq in the first place. First, it’s important to keep in…

The stubborn persistence of the military-industrial state.