February 17
America’s Global Weapons Monopoly - Frida Berrigan
Wars sending US into ruin: Obama fighting battles his country cannot afford - Toronto Sun
Budget Request Would Continue Defense Buildup - CQPolitics
The sanctity of military spending - Salon.com
Colbert conservatism and the military budget - Seattle Times
U.S. Role as World's Top Arms Supplier Grows - NY Times
US fuels Asian arms race - Guardian (UK)
We don't need the F-22 - NYTimes
Why the huge budget? What is the military's mission? Washington Post
US military spending is 42% of world total - Stockholm Intl. Peace Research Inst.
An Empire of Military Bases - over 1000 worldwide, at taxpayers expense - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
3/8/09: Pentagon's Unwanted Projects in Earmarks - Democrats Press Backyard Spending - Washington Post
3/6/09: Obama moves to curb wasteful military spending - Direct Democracy
2/26/09: Obama's Budget Holds Line on Military Spending, Funds New Priorities - FCNL
2/11/09: Rep. Barney Frank on 25% cut in military spending - The Nation
2/2/09: Obama to maintain defense spending limit - The Hill
12/18/08: Guns, Butter and Obama - the prospects for cutting military spending - Foreign Policy in Focus
11/18/08: Smart Defense - now is the time to cut Pentagon budget - The Nation
11/10/08: Pentagon board says cuts essential - Boston Globe
10/24/08: Rep. Barney Franks predicts 25% Pentagon cuts after election - SouthCoastToday.com
6/6/08: Raiding the War Chest - how we can make America stronger at home and abroad - YES!
6/1/08: America's massive military budget is irrational, costly and dangerous. Why isn't it a campaign issue? - LA Times
4/26/08: Pentagon Strangles Our Economy: Why the U.S. Has Gone Broke - Chalmers Johnson, Alternet
4/1/08: Our money is off to war - Peace Action VP Randy Schutt's summary on military spending, in DailyKos
3/6/08: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget, While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
2/25/08: Real threat to US is debt crisis, not terrorism - Raleigh News and Observer
2/4/08: Proposed military spending is highest since WWII -
NYTimes
2/4/08: What does the Pentagon want in the 2009 budget? - analysis by Ctr for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
9/19/07: War means windfall for CEO's - MSN money
8/1/07: Iraq War could cost $1 Trillion - Boston Globe
4/15/07: Do we spend too much on war? Find out where your income tax goes?
Military spending eats up more than half your tax dollar - view Peace Action's 2008 Tax Day flyer
The President's budget - impact on your state -
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php
