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The War Dividend

Will the Pentagon lock the Obama administration into ever-escalating military budgets?

By Mark Engler

At the end of a long electoral season marked by bipartisan vows to bring “change,” America’s massive military budget remains a hulking and seemingly immutable fact of national life. Given the financial crisis and the promise of President Bush’s departure from office, many have hoped that overheated defense spending might give way to the need to addressing domestic problems. Yet, countering… return to article

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