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The proposed budget would ramp up military spending, while decreasing funds for scientific research, the arts community and programs that significantly impact the poor.
Today marks the 15th Anniversary of 9/11 and we will never forget the ones we lost. Below is a list of all the people we lost at The Pentagon during the tragedy that was 9/11. Everyone here at praisedc.com are with the families of the one’s we lost. This list is from the good folks at […]
Thursday's decision follows two other major milestones for LGBTQ with regards to the military – in 2011, the "don't ask don't tell" policy was expelled, and in 2015, the Pentagon expanded the Defense Department's equal opportunity program.
Fusion.net has uncovered a startling bi-product of the militarization of America’s police departments, scores of military-issued weapons have been reported missing. The Pentagon’s program that equips local and…
On this day in Black History…. Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast Asia. The report said 12.5 per cent of all soldiers killed in Vietnam since 1961 were Black. Click here to read more.
Despite claims by conservatives that the U.S. military is suffering from decrepit battle gear and weapons, a new report shows the Department of Defense has spent nearly a trillion dollars on big ticket defense items with money that was supposed to be used for troops in the field. See also: Pentagon chiefs: bigger defense cuts […]
LONDON-Colin Powell, the former Secretary Of State under President George W. Bush has called on the CIA and the Pentagon to answer questions about how they passed false information regarding weapons of mass destruction that was used during his speech to the U.N. The American Foreign Press reports: “It has been known for several years […]
WASHINGTON There is tension between the traditional conservative GOP and the anti-spending Tea Party over the role of defense spending. The New York Times reports: Those differences were on display Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where the traditional Republican who now leads the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Howard P. McKeon, fought back against proposed cuts […]