When Congress wouldn't give him money for it, he made an end run around lawmakers, declaring a state of emergency to take money from the Pentagon. . ... One involved attempts by the administration to divert $2.5 billion from the Pentagon budget to build the wall. ..…
President Donald Trump's to Pentagon to have aerial parade of military aircraft over Washington, D.C., on July 4 provided lesson of America's war mongering in the past two decades, and terrifying view of what might appear in the skies of Iran if National Security Advisor John Bolton gets his way.. ..…
What if the powerful American-owned digital corporations based in and near Dublin were facilitating a cyber-attack on infrastructure targeted by the Pentagon? How would the government respond to questions from those being attacked about Ireland’s so-called neutrality? ..…
(She asked General James Mattis at his confirmation hearings as defense secretary what the Pentagon would do about climate change.) . ..…
Rechristened GD by 1962, it was awarded a $7b Pentagon contract for bombers (influence peddling investigation quashed). ... The Pentagon had a working relationship with the Houthi in the fight against al-Qaeda (i.e., they’re okay). ..…
The head of Pentagon's Southern Command warned that Russia, China and Iran were expanding their influence Latin America, particularly Venezuela, where they support government United States seeks to depose.. ..…
His national security adviser, Bolton, effectively abolished the interagency process through which the Pentagon, State Department, CIA, and other entities have formal seats at the table where decisions are made. ..…
When this writer asked Robertson for further clarification of the origins of that figure, however, he acknowledged that the Pentagon doesn’t have any study, documentation, or data to provide journalists that would support such a figure. . ..…
How did we stop worrying about war and come to love the all-volunteer military quite so much So much so that, today, we engorge Pentagon and the rest of the security state with well more than taxpayer dollars annually and the power to match.. In 2019, most Americans see..…
President Trump's to Pentagon to have aerial parade of military aircraft over Washington, DC on July 4 provided lesson of America's war mongering in the past two decades, and terrifying view of what might appear in the skies of Iran if John Bolton gets his way.. ..…
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