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How much does the U.S. spend on the military? A least 24% of the federal budget.
Posted on Author Don Smith
Rep. Adam Smith said in a town hall meeting with Indivisible Saturday (June 19) that 15% of federal spending goes to the military. I looked at the CBO’s data on federal spending at The Federal Budget in 2019: An Infographic. For 2019 it says that $676 billion was spent on “Defense” and that total federal […]
Rep. Adam Smith expresses skepticism about Syrian war
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Kudos to Rep. Adam Smith (WA – 9th CD) for expressing serious doubts about the wisdom of war in Syria in this NPR interview. Everybody blames us for everything over there. And I think we need to take a step back and say look, we don’t have the support of the Arab League on this. […]
NYTimes: Army officer challenges Pentagon's Afghanistan reports
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Army officer challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan reports “How many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding?“ Comments comments