Center for International Policy

Military Spending

Frist Delays Showdown With White House- The Washington Post, July 27, 2005

Military Status: Rummy's reports- The Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 26, 2005

STAR WARS: The Sequel and the Reality- The Free Press,July 20, 2005

U.S. Aims to Speed Up Iraq Reconstruction- The Washington Post, July 18, 2005

Military's Energy-Beam Weapons Delayed- The Washinton Post, July 13, 2005

Bush signs $82 billion war-spending bill - Navy Times, May 12, 2005.

Congress Adopts Restriction on Treatment of Detainees - New York Times, May 11, 2005.

Pentagon seeks more waivers on rules military says security impeded by pollution, hazardous waste laws - San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2005.

UNITED STATES: Pentagon spending to equal rest of world - Green Left Weekly, May 11, 2005.

UNIFIED SECURITY BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES 2006: Experts Say U.S. Budget Misses the Big Picture on Security - Center for Defense Institute, May 10, 2005.

U.S.: Military Spending Leaves Home Front Unguarded - Inter Press Service News Agency, May 10, 2005.

Paying for heroes' pain - Kansas City Star, May 9, 2005.

U.S. Military Can Meet Any Mission Worldwide, General Myers Says - U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs, May 4, 2005.

Last of The Big Time Spenders - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Defense Contractors Report Earnings Gains on Strong Military Spending - ABC News, April 28, 2005.

Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2006

President Requests More War Funding: Money for Iraqi Forces Rises Sharply - Washington Post; February 15, 2005

Arms Uncontrol: U.S. Volume and Share Increase - James R. Morrell; February 12, 2002

WGN Radio 720 Homeland Defence Discussion - RealMedia files; February 05, 2002

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February 5, 2002. Longtime CIA analyst and current CIP senior fellow Melvin A. Goodman joined physicist Gerald Marsh of Argonne National Laboratory on WGN Radio 720 for a broad discussion of homeland defense issues.

Revamping the CIA - Melvin A. Goodman; Issues in Science & Technology, Winter 2001.

Middle East Conference, Coverage by Mary McGrory; held at Brookings Institution, November 1, 2001

"Former ambassador Robert E. White (American Envoy in El Salvador at the time of the nuns' murders) thinks there could be no better moment to show that diplomacy can stop terrorism:The topic is on the table and the United States is focused on holding together a coalition that has significant Arab participation . . . " (cont'd)

CIP policy consultation, Introduction by Selig S. Harrison; held at Brookings Institution, October 30, 2001

"Since September 11 we've been asking why those nineteen hijackers were ready to go to their deaths—what motivated them and what the United State can and should do to defuse these motivations . . . " (cont'd)