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Letter to commission on defense spending

…$735 billion in 2020 – a 33 percent increase, not including any spending for the wars against terrorism. While the Co-Chairs’ Proposal seeks a number of terminations, reductions, and efficiencies…

Economic hitman

…of Ego Surplus by Paul McDonnold, and it is a “novel of economic terrorism.” This website allows you to read the first 54 pages of the novel. I personally read…

Homeland…It is now Empire Security

…arise over the next generation: radical Islamist extremism and the threat of terrorism; competition from rising global powers in Asia; the continued struggle for power in the Persian Gulf and…

Your moment of: WTF

…avoided trial. Meanwhile in Georgia, a 14-year-old autistic boy with the mental function of a third-grader will face felony charges of terrorism for drawing a stick figure with a gun…

WTO procurement and US spending stimulus

…to the subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, “US Foreign Economic Policy in the Global Crisis.” Briefly this is what she is saying about banking and trade globally and how…

The President’s Speech

…century – from terrorism to nuclear proliferation; from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty – we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of…

A new shopper at the Pentagon

…worked to clean up the nuclear proliferation, establishing relations with old Russian countries and involving Russia in the Bosnia Peace Plan, not to mention experience with the issue of terrorism….

Set it and forget it policy initiatives…Guantanamo

rdan WAPO reports on Guantanamo: President Obama’s plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there…

A Warning to Obama, And to the Rest of Us

…significant spending increases for the war against terrorism, homeland security, airline security, and emergency response. This necessary spending accounted for approximately 19% of the surplus. The Tax Cut Only Used…