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The Roman Empire Had 37

September 11, 2008 – 01:34 pm

From Mother Jones’s Mission Creep: America’s Unwelcome Advances: “According to the Pentagon’s 2008 ‘Base Structure Report,’…the United States maintains 761 active military ’sites’ in foreign countries…Counting domestic military bases and those on US territories, the total is 5,429….[G]iven that there are only 192 countries in the United Nations, 761 foreign bases is a remarkable example [...]

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Why isn’t Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?

September 24, 2007 – 12:25 pm

From Slate’s Why isn’t Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?: “The [proposed] military budget—not including any money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—totals $500 billion. This is roughly equal to the military budgets of all the rest of the world’s nations combined. Adjusting for inflation, it is larger than the U.S. military budget [...]

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Pentagon won’t make surge recommendation to Bush

August 30, 2007 – 11:21 am

From McClatchy DC’s article, Pentagon won’t make surge recommendation to Bush: “In a sign that top commanders are divided over what course to pursue in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday that it won’t make a single, unified recommendation to President Bush during next month’s strategy assessment, but instead will allow top commanders to make individual [...]

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Wounded Soldiers Fight Off Bill Collectors at Home

April 29, 2006 – 10:53 pm

Maybe someone needs to tell the Pentagon about those pretty yellow ribbons, because apparently, they aren’t supporting the troops. According to ABC News, “Hundreds of soldiers wounded in battle in Iraq have found themselves fighting off bill collectors on the home front, according to a report to be released tomorrow…[For example, one soldier had] injuries [...]

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