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Budget Cuts

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Dig deeper

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 With the U.S. already maxing out the credit card with roughly a trillion dollars a year on defense spending, America's weapons industry has been forced to look elsewhere for buyers. Luckily for the military-industrial complex, there's an eager salesman in the White House. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2011 In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Meat-Cleaver Budgeting

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 25, 2011 Republicans who feign attacks of the vapors and fainting spells over the big, scary deficit would be more convincing if they didn't begin with the insane premise that defense spending should be sacrosanct. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Discretion Advised

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 Discretionary spending, the part of the federal budget that is not on autopilot and is subject to annual appropriations, generally constitutes less than 40 percent of federal spending. Take out defense spending and that share drops to well under 20 percent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The 112th Congress and You

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2011 Do left-leaning Americans have something against the Constitution? That's but one suggestion that conservative guest commentator Jennifer Rubin makes on this week's edition of "Left, Right & Center," and needless to say, it doesn't go over so well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Aiming to Slash Military Spending

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2011 The Obama administration is working on cutting back defense spending to levels the U.S. hasn't seen since before Sept. 11, 2001, but the proposed changes have more to do with economic reasons than any big strategic change from within military ranks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We Really Do Spend More Than $1 Trillion on War

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2011 The Pentagon's budget is only about half of what the U.S. spends on war and defense. If you add costs like nuclear weapons and the medical care of wounded soldiers, the figure tops $1 trillion. Robert Higgs has the math to prove it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Runaway Military: A Raw Deal at Half the Price

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 16, 2010 I come not to bury the manifesto issued last week by President Obama's debt-reduction commission, but to praise the most welcome of its ideas: Slash defense spending along with everything else. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The High Price of Patriotism

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop Quagmires don’t just go away However, the signs are everywhere that the American course in that nation is doomed . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.K. to Slash Defense Spending

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 The United States spends more on its military than every other country in the world combined. That's not likely to change, with British Prime Minister David Cameron announcing plans to cut military spending by 8 percent over four years. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Despite New Cuts, Obama Will Spend More than Bush on Military

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2010 The most important fact in the New York Times report on Defense Secretary Robert Gates' spending cuts comes 15 paragraphs in, when we learn that the U.S. will still spend more than ever on the military, more than all other countries combined, more than under President Bush. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )