Pentagon Budget

The Pentagon Budget The U.S. spends more on its military than the next ten countries combined. It is often said budgets are moral documents. What we fund and do not fund demonstrates our [...]

With the holiday recess behind us, Congress is back in session and taking on the Pentagon budget bill. Right now, the House Rules Committee is working through 1529 amendments — a record number. [...]

February 14, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear President Biden, We, the [...]

☎️?Call your Reps. to ✂ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we’ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last [...]

Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars [...]

Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The next president of the United States should embrace dramatic cuts in Pentagon spending – at least $200 billion annually from the current $716 billion – and reallocation of [...]

Washington, D.C. — March 11, 2019 — In response to President Trump’s budget request for FY 2020, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the [...]

Washington, D.C. — April 17, 2018 — On Tax Day, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: “As people across the [...]

This article was originally published on CommonDreams.org. President Donald Trump’s edict for the Pentagon to hold a military parade in Washington actually makes sense in a sick way. Shouldn’t we [...]