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• Military spending bill clears Senate hurdle (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  Reuters – A $636 billion military spending bill that would fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate early on Friday. Excerpt from:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Military spending bill clears Senate hurdle (Reuters)
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• Japan to Halt New Missile Defense Spending

  
  Pacific Freeze — Authority: 117
  (December 15, 2009) TOKYO — Japan’s centre-left government will likely freeze new spending on its joint missile defence system with the United States after the cabinet decided on budget cuts, media reports said on Tuesday. The cabinet’s decision would probably delay the deployment of new Patriot Advanced ...
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• S. Korea’s Defense Exports Reach $1.1 Billion

  
  Pacific Freeze — Authority: 117
  (December 15, 2009) SEOUL–South Korea has exported US$1.1 billion worth of defense items so far this year and is expected to achieve its annual target by year’s end, Seoul’s weapons procurement agency said Tuesday. South Korea last year exported over $1 billion worth of defense products for the first time in ...
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• U.S. House of Representatives approved a $636 billion military spending bill

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 136
  WASHINGTON,  – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Wednesday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also includes money to extend jobless aid for two months.By a vote of 395 to 34, the House approved the bill and sent it to the...
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• Global Priorities: An Inter-Religious Campaign to Change Budget Priorities

  
  Pacific Freeze — Authority: 117
  Global military expenditures exceed $1 trillion annually. Less than 0.5% of these expenditures can save the lives of 6 million children under the age of 5 each year. But the fact remains that the equivalent of UNICEF’s annual budget is spent on military purposes every 15 hours, even as one billion children live in ...
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• Human Rights Maps (75): Military Spending Worldwide, as Percentage of GDP and of World Total

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 505
  Military Spending Worldwide as Percentage of GDP and of World Total (click on the image to enlarge) More on military spending (or “defense” spending) here . Some statistics here . More maps here . Posted in human rights maps, war Tagged: data, defense, defense spending, human rights maps, map, maps, ...
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• GAO sides with Sealy, Tx truck plant over Oshkosh

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 540
  The Hill: GAO has upheld the protest against the Army’s estimated $3 billion truck contract to Oshkosh. In a major victory for BAE Systems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday upheld a protest the defense company filed against the Army’s award of an estimated $3 billion truck contract to ...
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• 2009 Nobel Peace Prize given to Commander in Chief and military industrial complex stooge- Barack Hussein Obama

  
  Opinione — Authority: 111
  The recent speech by President Barack Obama would have made George Orwell proud. Speaking before an international audience, with a straight face and the demeanor of a dishonest cars salesman, President Barack Obama had the audacity to declare to the world “the instruments of war do have a role to play in ...
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• Military Spending and Global Warming

  
  After the American Century — Authority: 115
  After the American Century Posting # 200 The climate conference has now reached the crucial stage, where money must be pledged by the rich nations to help the poorer nations develop without excessive CO2 emissions. The EU has put $10.6 billion on the table, offering it over a three year period. They have made ...
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• Merely reflecting the social psyche

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 129
  We neither manufacture hatred, nor spread any The Blog merely reflects the mayhem at the ‘animal farm’Reader 1234 wrote:while it is your right to express your own opinion i hope that you realize that when you spread hate, hate is all you will receive in return and eventually that hate will eat you up. have [...]
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• Two Serious Problems American is Not Addressing

  
  Very Important Stuff — Authority: 127
  KRCW’s Left, Right, & Center is one of the best political talk shows around.  You can listen through iTunes.  (You don’t need an iPod for this, by the way.  You can play iTunes programs through your PC.) On a recent program, one of the commentators offered two problems confronting the U.S. that neither ...
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• The Real Story About Pentagon Spending and the Federal Budget

  
  Capital Gains and Games — Authority: 635
  My Roll Call column this week explains why the refusal of even some of the members of Congress who call themselves deficit hawks might have been infuriating but wasnt at all suprising. The Real Story About Pentagon Spending and the Federal Budget Dec. 8, 2009 It didn’t get the name until two years later, ...
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• US House Close to Passage of LGBT Health Coverage, Job Protection Bills

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 153
  Two of Congress’s three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers and to protect all gay and transgender employees from job discrimination. Speaking to an international conference of gay ...
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• President George W. Obama Hikes Military Spending

  
  Doug Bandow — Authority: 131
  For anyone who thought this administration would differ from the last one on military spending, think again.  Reports Wired: For those of you who hoped — or worried — that the Obama administration would mean a big cut to defense spending, think again.The Office of Management and Budget ” has approved a nearly ...
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• Energomash Gets A $2 Billion Injection

  
  Pacific Freeze — Authority: 117
  (December 1, 2009) MOSCOW–The government has allocated 2 billion rubles ($68 million) to boost the equity of rocket engine manufacturer NPO Energomash, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday. The state-controlled company will receive an additional 250 million rubles ($8.5 million) to build housing for its ...
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• Latte Links (12/4)

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 138
  Some miscellaneous items from around the net. Rasmussen Reports: 62% Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System Big Hollywood: Review: ‘Going Rogue’ Reveals Palin’s Ready to Lead by Brigadier General (Ret.) Anthony J. Tata (USA) The Spyglass: Politics and the Christian tongue WSJ: The Welfare ...
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• Raytheon Awarded $17 Million To Upgrade South Korea’s Patriot Systems

  
  Pacific Freeze — Authority: 117
  (December 2, 2009) TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts– Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $17.2 million Foreign Military Sales contract modification to deliver capability upgrades for South Korea’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. With emphasis on upgrading the global Patriot fleet, Raytheon will ...
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• Murtha Draws Vietnam Comparisons

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 798
  The Pennsylvania congressman remains skeptical that a troop buildup will work; and worries about the financial costs. He noted that one result of Vietnam was rising inflation back home.
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• House approves defense procurement reform bill by unanimous 428-0 vote

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 2009) — In 1940, as World War II tightened its grip in Europe, Congress prepared for eventual U.S. involvement by issuing billions of dollars in defense contracts. However, in early 1941, then-Sen. Harry S. Truman began hearing reports of widespread contract mismanagement and wasteful ...
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• The Cost of War

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 144
  Higher than you think, says Philip Giraldi
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