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Pentagon

Proposal to 'Pave Paradise' in Galapagos Islands for US Military Airstrip Met With Criticism in Ecuador and Beyond

A Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) at Isabela Island, Galapagos Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean on February 21, 2019. The seal will share its environment with the Pentagon per a new plan from the Ecuadorian government that would extend a landing strip at the region's airport to accommodate U.S. military aircraft.

New Report Exposes Pentagon's Massive Contributions to Climate Crisis Post-9/11

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A Luke Air Force Base F-35 Lightning II

Failing to curb the U.S. military's fossil fuel use, Costs of War Project co-director warns, "will help guarantee the nightmare scenarios" forecast by scientists

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To 'Nurture Human Lives Rather Than Take Them Away,' 2020 Democrats Urged to Support Slashing Annual Pentagon Budget By $200 Billion

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"It is long past time to eliminate excess Pentagon spending and invest the...

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'One More Reason to Refuse to Give Defense Department $733 Billion' as Pentagon Shifts Funds to Trump's Wall

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Obviously they don't need it because they keep diverting billions, without...

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Trump Nominates 'Embodiment of the Military-Industrial Complex' Patrick Shanahan to Lead Pentagon

Pentagon Pushed for Weakened Regulations on Toxic Chemicals, Endangering Drinking Water of Millions of Americans

Pentagon Spending Set to Hit Near-Record Levels, But 'Establishment Says We Can't Afford' Progressive Policies

Progressive Democrats Threaten to Tank $733 Billion in 'Crazy' Pentagon Spending If Social Programs Not Also Boosted

President-elect Donald J. Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi share a friendly moment on January 20, 2017.

'Military Keynesianism is Back!': Democrats and Trump Agree on Pentagon Increase, Quibble on Details

'Incessant Warmongering' Pays Off: Critics Respond to Nikki Haley Joining Boeing's Board

'What Kind of Maniacs Are Running This Country?': Pentagon Rings in New Year With Joke About Dropping Massive Bombs on People

The Pentagon

'An Insult to the American People': Outrage After Pentagon Fails First-Ever Audit

New Study Details 'Staggering' $6 Trillion (and Counting) Price Tag of Endless US War

For Next Weapon in Anti-Protest Arsenal, US Military Building Plasma Gun Capable of Vaporizing Human Flesh

Trump's Space Force to Cost $13 Billion and Air Force Wants 70 New Squadrons, But 'How You Gonna Pay For It?'

What the US-Backed Slaughter of Children in Yemen Looks Like: 'Warning: The Images... Are Extremely Graphic'

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Department of Defense Must Conduct Meaningful, Thorough, Independent Investigation into Civilian Casualties

Amnesty International - USA

Ahead of Defense Department Reporting Deadline, Amnesty USA Calls for Accountability for Global Civilian Deaths

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Latest Defense Report Aims to Get Military Climate Ready, But Key Information Also Missing

Democratic Socialists of America

The Democratic Socialists of Americas Calls on the United States to End Support for the Saudi-led Criminal Military Intervention in Yemen

Peace Action

Peace Action Applauds the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ People’s Budget

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Funding Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons Heightens the Risks of Nuclear War

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Dud Hendrick

A Call to Put Down Arms

Michael Klare

The Pentagon’s Spoiling for Another War, But With China, Not Iran

Ryan Cooper

Americans Should Be Very Concerned About Bernie Sanders' Record of Opposing Mass Murder

Bill Blum

Unequal Justice: Julian Assange Is an Enemy in Trump’s War on the First Amendment

Jonathan Cook

Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was Never About Law

James Carroll

My Pentagon Regret

Charles P. Pierce

This Is Pure Authoritarian Audacity

Andrew Bacevich

The “Forever Wars” Enshrined

Daniel Ellsberg

The Truth-Teller: From the Pentagon Papers to the Doomsday Machine

William Hartung

It’s Time to Stop Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

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