Staff / TruthdigSep 10, 2008
Unnecessary and extraordinarily expensive, the once-green-lit controversial KC-X midair refueling tanker program has stalled, according to the Pentagon. Any movement on the $40 billion contract to purchase new Air Force tankers will have to wait for the next U.S. administration, a clear sign that military-industrial complex spending is an institutional, rather than administrative, problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 18, 2008
Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the US aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U-Europe team
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Staff / TruthdigJul 30, 2007
Video blogger Davis Fleetwood asks a recently reinvigorated Cindy Sheehan about her candidacy, impeachment, Scooter Libby's pardon, the military-industrial complex and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigFeb 7, 2007
President Bush's outrageous military budget has nothing do with fighting terrorism but everything to do with pumping up the profits of the administration's generous political donors in the defense industry. So, the question is: Will the Democrats have the guts to stop this betrayal of the public trust? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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