Tag: Pentagon

"And this is the time to jam some military procurement into this year that you didn't get last year?"

One thing is inescapable: as the disaster aboard the Theodore Roosevelt indicates, the U.S. military must reconsider how it arms and structures its forces and give serious thought to alternative models of organization.

"If there was ever a time to fundamentally change our national priorities, now is that time."

It’s long past time to defund America’s wars, both abroad and at home.

“National security,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, “means doing everything we can to improve the lives of our people, many of whom have been abandoned by our government decade after decade.”

Hasn’t the military-industrial complex taken enough of our money?

Creating a national insecurity state—spending more, seeing less.

Ten months from now we’ll know whether Trump’s attempt to ride the Pentagon to re-election was a wise gamble or ultimate foolishness.

As the latest Pentagon budget shows, no matter the revelations, there will be no reckoning when it comes to this country’s endless wars or its military establishment.

"Rep. Ro Khanna is right—this is not what resistance to Donald Trump looks like."