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Fellowship of Reconciliation (blog)
May 15, 2013
These actions were inspired by the Spanish "invisible for
peace" action, in which participants walk in silence around downtown with an anonymous mask on their faces and posters with data on
military spending hanging around their necks. These actions ...
Uprising
May 14, 2013
Salon: Where does all our
military spending go? Newswire | Published 14 May 2013, 8:41 am | No Comments -. Print this Page |. Outside
the United States,
the Pentagon controls a collection of
military bases unprecedented in history.
Salon
May 14, 2013
Where does all our
military spending go? (Credit: Associated Press). This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. Outside
the United States,
the Pentagon controls a collection of
military bases unprecedented in history.
Trend.az
May 13, 2013
The
Iranian parliament has approved the allocation of $5 billion to the national defence budget, Fars News Agency reported on May 12.
Business Administration Information
May 12, 2013
The organization predicts that world
spending on military projects will continue to fall for the next several years, while spending in emerging
markets will continue to increase.
Business Daily
May 9, 2013
Defence nominee Raychelle Omamo defends military spending secrecy. Share Bookmark Print Rating. Defence nominee Amb Raychelle Omamo (left) takes a question from Nyeri town MP Esther Murugi during the Committee on Appointments vetting at KICC ...
The Women's International Perspective
May 3, 2013
The latest report by the Stockholm
international peace Research Institute (
SIPRI) shows that, considering some data uncertainties, the world
military spending in 2012 dropped slightly (0.5 percent) when compared to 2011. It is the first decline in ...
Mankato Free Press
May 3, 2013
Cutting spending shouldn't be this difficult for a Congress where some members shout fiscal restraint from every street corner.
The Women's International Perspective
May 2, 2013
The latest report by the Stockholm
international peace Research Institute (
SIPRI) shows that, considering some data uncertainties, the world
military spending in 2012 dropped slightly (0.5 percent) when compared to 2011. It is the first decline in ...
Independent Voter Network
May 1, 2013
The organization highlights that
the Pentagon currently spends more
money than during the height of the
Cold War, when USSR was a real military competitor that had a similar
military budget. The
Cato Institute argues that today's world is safer and ...
Business Insider
May 1, 2013
The
military budget is packed with projects like these, and
politicians have shown dogged determination to keep
DoD's cash faucet running in their districts.
CITY A.M. (blog)
May 1, 2013
Meggitt maintains forecasts despite cuts in
US military spending. admin | 05/01/13. Peter Spence. by Peter Spence. May 1, 2013, 8:00am.
The Bottom Line
May 1, 2013
In fact, as recently as last October,
Jordan pushed far-reaching
military spending cuts, citing a need to reduce government spending.
CounterPunch
May 1, 2013
The latest report by the Stockholm
international peace Research Institute (
SIPRI) shows that, considering some data uncertainties, the world
military spending in 2012 dropped slightly (0.5 percent) when compared to 2011. It is the first decline in ...
The Japan Times
April 30, 2013
WASHINGTON - Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as
the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in
military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth ...
Fairmont Sentinel
April 30, 2013
The Abrams is far from the only case of
military spending dictated by
politics. Some taxpayers still have not forgotten the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on designing two engines instead of one for a new jet fighter plane.
FAIR (blog)
April 30, 2013
The last word of the headline was changed to "liberals," but the message is essentially the same: There are cuts to
military spending, due to the sequester and the winding down of the
wars in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. And that drop in spending slows ...
New York Times
April 30, 2013
Paris -
France will effectively freeze its
military spending for the next several years, cutting nearly 10 percent of defense jobs while using more
money for high-tech equipment, in a bid to maintain its ability to conduct overseas operations like the ...
Daily Beast
April 29, 2013
France Freezes
military spending. In a bid to keep funding for overseas operations, the
French government announced Monday it would basically freeze
military spending for the next few years and cut 10 percent of defense jobs. "France wants to maintain ...
Shelby Township Source Newspapers
April 29, 2013
WASHINGTON - Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as
the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in
military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth ...
Lewistown Sentinel
April 29, 2013
No nation on earth has an armored vehicle capable of standing up to the U.S.
Abrams tank. On conventional battlefields, it is virtually unbeatable.
Daily Press
April 29, 2013
LEAD Hampton Roads is sponsoring a panel
discussion on the impact of potential defense spending cuts to the region on Tuesday from 7:45 a.m.
Washington Post
April 29, 2013
Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as
the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in
military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth. Liberal lawmakers ...
Europe Online Magazine
April 29, 2013
France to cut 24,000 defence jobs but
military spending ring-fenced.
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Washington Post
April 28, 2013
Millions added by Congress for unwanted tanks highlights challenge of trimming
military budget. (
General Dynamics Land System, File/ Associated Press ) - FILE - This undated file photo provided by the General Dynamics Land System shows the production ...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 26, 2013
Turkey's
military spending constitutes 4 percent of the country's GDP. It might even reach 5 percent if confidential spending is added to that.
Salt Lake Tribune
April 26, 2013
On military spending, does Congress know best? U.S. lawmakers consistently override armed-services leaders who insist that some ships, bases and programs are useless, antiquated and waste billions of dollars.
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
April 25, 2013
But Wednesday the opposition turned the tables on MacKay, pointing out that he too also voted against increased military spending that was in the previous Liberal government's budget. So thus, MacKay is against the troops, or so their argument goes.
Bend Bulletin
April 23, 2013
... Alarmed by years of cuts to
military spending, the
NATO secretary general,
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, issued a dire public warning to European nations, noting that together they had slashed $45 billion, or the equivalent of
Germany's entire military ...
Victoria Times Colonist
April 23, 2013
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Contenders in Labrador's closely watched federal byelection squared off for a debate Tuesday night that quickly heated up over long-awaited new spending on the 5 Wing Goose Bay
military base.
The Business Desk (registration)
April 23, 2013
FIRMS supplying into the
defence industry are likely to find it tough going this year due to further cuts in
military spending, Deloitte has warned.However, those supplying the civil aerospace sector could be in for a bumper time as
aircraft ...
New York Times
April 23, 2013
... to
military spending, the
NATO secretary general,
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, issued a dire public warning to European nations, noting that together they had slashed $45 billion, or the equivalent of
Germany's entire
military budget, endangering the ...
DefenseNews.com
April 21, 2013
The dip in military spending by Western nations, the first in real terms since 1998, comes against a backdrop where the global spend dropped by 0.5 percent to US $1.75 trillion, states the report, released April 15.
Daily Nation
April 21, 2013
Increased
military spending does not lead to more safety. We are, after all, short of
money and facing no major threats. According to the Stockholm
international peace Research Institute (
SIPRI),
Kenya spends twice what
Uganda spends on the military ...
Oklahoma Daily
April 21, 2013
The request is in stark contrast from news stories earlier this year, which reported
military spending cuts of $480 billion by the
Obama administration.
Care2.com (blog)
April 17, 2013
The survey evaluated material well-being, overall health, access to housing and
education in 29 of the world's advanced economies to determine how well
children are faring, and also examined what children are saying about their own well-being.
Troy Record
April 17, 2013
U.S. military supremacy is even more evident when the U.S. military alliance system is brought into the picture, for
the United States and its allies accounted for the vast bulk of world
military spending in 2012.
NATO members alone spent a trillion ...
Roanoke College News
April 17, 2013
At the same time, a majority (63%) oppose an eight percent cut in military spending. Each of those questions approximates the cuts contained in the sequester.
Omaha World-Herald
April 17, 2013
UPI.com
April 16, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 (UPI) --
military spending rose 4.2 percent in Latin America last year, bucking a global trend that indicated downturns in
Europe,
North America and parts of
Asia and
Africa.
Independent Catholic News
April 16, 2013
This was the concern raised at a meeting in the Houses of Parliament on Monday 15 April, when
Pax Christi joined 38 other
peace and development groups to challenge
military spending in the
UK and globally. Bruce Kent, vice-president of Pax Christi and ...
Beyond Chron
April 16, 2013
tax Day (April 15) has passed with little attention to the chief reason U.S.
students are overwhelmed by
debt, millions are homeless or inadequately housed,
children go to bed hungry and our public transit
infrastructure is being destroyed ---the ...
RIA Novosti
April 16, 2013
Moscow, April 15 (RIA Novosti) - World military expenditures totaled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5 percent in real terms year-on-year for the first time since 1998, according to data released on Monday by a
Sweden-based security ...
The Moscow Times
April 16, 2013
The world's total
military spending dropped 0.5 percent in real terms to $1.75 trillion, equivalent to 2.5 percent of global GDP, while
Russia's
military spending rose 16 percent and will continue growing through 2015, said the Stockholm International ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca
April 16, 2013
About 30 people gathered by the Spring
garden Road library in Halifax on Monday to mark the third annual Global Day of Action on
military spending. The Halifax
peace Coalition and the
Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace organized the rally, at which ...
Press TV
April 16, 2013
AllAfrica.com
April 16, 2013
Coalition for
Constitution Implementation (CCI) in marking the Global Day of Action on
military spending said that Kenyans had continued to experience security challenges despite huge amount allocated to the military citing lack of unemployment and ...
Los Angeles Times
April 15, 2013
Los Angeles Times
April 15, 2013
Defense Update
April 15, 2013
'We are seeing what may be the beginning of a shift in the balance of world
military spending from the rich Western countries to emerging regions, as austerity policies and the drawdown in
Afghanistan reduce spending in the former, while economic ...
