Article: STIGLITZ GETS THE MATH ALL WRONG.(Editorial)

Article: Lawmakers resist efforts to reduce defense spending; Home-state operations a concern.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  January 28, 2005 ;     665 words ......conducting a global war on terrorism and...congressmen say. Defense spending makes up $417.5...Budget Office, said defense spending ranks high on his...One is the global war on terror characterized...during a time of war. I think we remain...committed to waging the war ...

Article: War on terrorism Sparks renewed defense spending: Focus on electronics upgrades, unmanned aircraft, intelligence-gathering and night vision.
Electronic Business;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the U.S. embarked on a war of uncertain length against...The long decline in defense spending that began even before...course and duration of the war on terror still unknown...40-billion increase in defense spending in 2002. Most of the...

Article: Bush Proposes More Defense Spending
AP Online;  January 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Title: Bush Proposes More Defense Spending [image omitted] WASHINGTON (AP...America will not cut corners in the war against terrorism. He pledged...that it is necessary to increase defense spending, given the operations in Afghanistan...

Article: Rumsfeld: Defense Spending Crucial
AP Online;  February 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Title: Rumsfeld: Defense Spending Crucial [image omitted] WASHINGTON...Services Committee. When the Cold War ended, a defense drawdown took...at once _ win the worldwide war on terrorism, restore forces...that they are not prisoners of war, but other provisions of the...

Article: Record U.S. defense spending, but future budgets may decline.(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor;  February 6, 2008 ;     630 words ......the days of big defense spending may soon be over...As supplemental war-funding streams...the end of World War II (adjusted for inflation). Already, defense spending hovers around 4...a hard look at defense spending, analysts say...several years of war on terror. ...

Article: Defense Spending Bill Passes House
AP Online;  May 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......administration's war on terrorism, endorsed...the most generous defense spending boost in decades...craft a separate defense spending blueprint. The...A $10 billion war reserve fund proposed...less for missile defense spending than Bush requested...far during the ...

Article: Senate OKs $369B in Defense Spending
AP Online;  July 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......approval of a $368.6 billion defense spending bill demonstrated that despite...goading Iraqi guerrilla war fighters to take another...spring to cover the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan...and a main opponent of the war, said the administration...mislead Americans about the war's ...

Article: Defense spending.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times;  February 26, 2008 ;     420 words ......thoughtful assessment of U.S. defense spending ( In defense of defense spending, Commentary, Thursday...conclusion that tying U.S. defense spending to gross domestic product...were forced into a World War III situation and had...artificial. Second, tying defense ...

Article: How is the rise in national defense spending affecting the Tenth District economy?
Economic Review (Kansas City);  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......previous post-World War II peaks reached...and Cold Wars. Defense spending has risen rapidly...prior to World War II, defense spending accounted for...GDP. The Cold War buildup of the...Administration lifted defense spending back above the...

Article: Analysis: President Bush signs a defense spending bill for a record $401 billion for military spending
NPR Morning Edition;  November 24, 2003 ;     633 words ......President Bush signs a defense spending bill for a record $401...President Bush has signed a defense spending bill providing a record...is prepared to fight the war on terror. He described...development of ballistic missile defense, still an idea that has...jets as well. EDWARDS: ...

Article: Better scrutiny of defense spending
Jerusalem Post;  August 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Headline: Better scrutiny of defense spending Edition; Daily Section: Opinion...certain to investigate the way the war in Lebanon was managed, the...lessons from the fallout of the war in Lebanon, it argues, dictate...for a budget increase to the war against Hizbullah, though, the...

Article: SEN. KERRY SAYS DEFENSE SPENDING BILL OFFERS CHANCE TO END WAR IN IRAQ
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2007 ;     248 words ......year ago to help bring an end to the war. Kerry said the withdrawal plan will be voted on as an amendment to the Defense spending bill, which provides funds for the military...said. "It's stunning to me that this war costs American taxpayers $10 billion...to change course, we need to end this ...

Article: Local firms gain ground in war effort; Urgent new defense spending helps contractors large and small.(Brief Article)
Crain's New York Business;  October 15, 2001 ;     626 words ......a better year than if it hadn't happened.'' Stock aid The war on terrorism also has helped raise the profile of larger...smart-bomb racks for jets along with other defense gear, the war has come at a particularly important juncture. The company...scored $17 million in revenues. ``I think the increase in ...

Article: Defense spending beacons.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......product (GDP), defense spending is at a historic low during a time of war. The United States...defense. By contrast, Defense spending averaged some 14...GDP in the Korean War, nearly 10 percent...when the Cold War began), it is clear that U.S. defense ...