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Amid Pandemic and Endless War, 170+ Global Organizations Urge World Leaders to 'Recommit to Peace Today'
A child waits next to jerry cans and aid packages as Yemenis displaced by conflict receive humanitarian aid provided by the Abs Development Organisation in the northern province of Hajjah on September 17, 2020. (Photo: Essa Ahmed/AFP)
Despite Overseeing Soaring Civilian Casualties, Trump Points Finger at Pentagon Leaders as Warmongers
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
President Donald Trump has presided over the U.S.-led destruction of cities including Mosul, Iraq—shown here under U.S. bombardment—during his escalation of the so-called "war on terror" in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
Critics note the president has increased military spending to record levels while fulfilling his promise to "bomb the shit" out of militants—and their families.
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Not 'Under My Watch' Claims Trump After Pentagon Push to Destroy Stars and Stripes Happened... Under His Watch
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
U.S. troops in Beckum, Germany learn of Nazi Germany's surrender from reading Stars and Stripes on May 8, 1945. (Photo: U.S. Army/Getty Images)
The slashing of the newspaper's funding, noted one journalist, "was proposed...
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Pentagon Secrecy Around Covid-19 at Guantanamo Just One More Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Say Senate Dems
Julia Conley, staff writer
The lawmakers said the response they received from the Defense Department about...
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'What a Disgrace': Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Healthcare Just After Passage of $740 Billion Budget
Citing Fears of a Defeated Trump Who Won't Go Willingly, Warren Calls on Cabinet Officials to End Deployment of Federal Agents Against Protests
'Not One More Pandemic Relief Dollar for the Pentagon': Groups Slam GOP Effort to Use Covid-19 Funds for Weapons of War
"F-35s Don't Help Families Pay Their Bills": GOP Slips $30 Billion Pentagon Gift Into Coronavirus Plan
Progressives Applaud AOC Proposal to Ban 'Insidious Practice' of Military Recruiting in Schools
Day After Voting Down 10% Pentagon Cut, 37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve $740 Billion War Budget
'War Is Not a Game': AOC to File Amendment Banning US Military From Recruiting on Twitch
Top VP Contenders Diverge as Warren Votes 'Yes' and Harris Votes 'No' on Slashing Pentagon Budget to Fund Health and Education
This picture taken on December 26, 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Staff/AFP via Getty Images)
"Fight Isn't Over," Say Anti-War Groups as 139 House Democrats Vote With GOP to Reject 10% Pentagon Budget Cut
'Choose People Over Pentagon': Americans Urged to Call Lawmakers as Congress Set to Vote on 10% Military Budget Cut
As Schumer Endorses Sanders Proposal to Slash Pentagon Budget by 10%, Other Senate Democrats Urged to Follow Suit
Congress Urged to Repeal Program That Transfers 'Weapons of War' to Local Police

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