Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.313 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Move the Money Resolution Passed by Allegheny County Council, Pennsylvania
Read the text of Resolution passed by the Allegheny Council, Pennsylvania.
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20th NYC Council Member to Endorse RES 747A
A great big welcome and thank you to our 20th Council Member to sponsor RES 747A!
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NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams Supports Move the Money!
Thank you, Jumaane Williams for sponsoring RES 747A!
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Tomgram: Mandy Smithberger, Ending the Pentagon’s Pandemic of Spending
It’s perfectly clear that Donald Trump considers just about every last one of us a sucker and that’s not news at all.
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National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget
A Post-Coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first. As it turns out, creating jobs through Pentagon spending is among the least effective ways to rebuild the economy.
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What Programs A 10% Cut In Military Spending Could Buy
| Gabe Murphy | This week the US House of Representatives failed to pass an amendment to the military budget that would have cut it by 10 percent. Common Dreams reports:
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The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets
| Katrina vanden Heuvel | In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.
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How the House Armed Services Committee Approved a Huge Military Budget …
| Glenn Greenwald | a massive $740.5 billion military spending package was approved …
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20 Congress Members Who Understand What’s Needed
| David Swanson | 20 members of Congress thus far have made themselves sponsor or cosponsor of a resolution to move major amounts of money out of wars and into human and environmental needs.
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