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Worldwide military spending The figure to the right represents every nation's share of worldwide military spending. The countries with the ten largest military expenditures are labeled. (more) |
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Defense Industry The figure to the right shows the price of the Dow Jones Aerospace and Defense Index since the index was added in 2000. This index includes some companies that do not participate in the defense industry; it also does not include some companies that have large contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense (e.g., KBR, SAIC). The 100 largest defense contractors are listed here. (continue) |
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The table above lists U.S. federal spending on military and related items for 2005, 2006, and 2007, and estimates for 2008 and 2009. All data is taken from “Outlays and offsetting receipts, 1962-2009,” a document that is prepared by the Office of Management and Budget. (continue) |
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Military Budget . info is considering retiring the new section of the website. Comments on this decision are welcome. Analysis & Opinion Hugh Gusterson, March 10, 2009, Empire of bases. These bases do not come cheap. Excluding U.S. bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States spends about $102 billion a year to run its overseas bases, according to Miriam Pemberton of the Institute for Policy Studies. And in many cases you have to ask what purpose they serve. For example, the United States has 227 bases in Germany. William A. Owens, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, December 20, 2008, A Lean War Machine Paul B. Farrell, August 18, 2008, 'America's Outrageous War Economy!' Facing South, August 13, 2008, War spending helps rural economies -- is that good? In These Times, August 8, 2008, Interview with Thomas P. Christie Mackenzie Eaglen, July 31 2008, Aircraft Carriers Are Crucial July 14, 2008, Shortchanging our defenses over budget problems creates more problems. Travis Sharp, July 17, 2008, Reply. Mikhail Gorbachev, July 4, 2008, Questions for the candidates. ...Of course I am not pretending to write the script for the presidential candidates' debates. But I would add to this list of issues two more: the size of America's defense budget and the militarization of its foreign policy. I am afraid these two questions will not be asked by the moderators. But sooner or later they will have to be answered... New York Times, Editorial, May 30, 2008, Sticker Shock and Awe at the Pentagon Senator Bernie Sanders (I - Vermont), May 20, 2008, An Expanding Military Budget Taxpayers Can't Afford. During the next few weeks Congress will consider hundreds of billions of dollars in military spending, yet this legislation will receive relatively little review and scrutiny. Spending by Pentagon officials continues to grow at an incredible rate and it is time for Congress to determine whether this level of funding makes sense. Los Angeles Times, Editorial, June 1, 2008, Indefensible Spending Los Angeles Times, Editorial, May 11, 2008, Defense Budget Overkill Washington Times, Editorial, April 1, 2008, Defense Spending Beacons New York Times, Review: Shorrock (2008). Spies for hire, Washington Post, Rent-A-Spy Glenn Greenwald, January 02, 2008, The bipartisan consensus on U.S. military spending William D. Hartung, February 21, 2008, Dems: What about the Military Budget? Chalmers Johnson, January 24, 2008, Going bankrupt: The US's greatest threat |
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Pre-Presidential Election News
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., July 14, 2008, McCain, Obama share some views on security Barack Obama August 19, 2008, Obama Delivers Remarks at the VFW Convention (transcript)
August 18, 2008, McCain Remarks at the VFW Convention (transcript) New York Times, December 26, 2006, Heady Days for Makers of Weapons
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Other President Dwight Eisenhower, April 16,1953, The Chance for Peace. ...Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children...
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