military budget

Blood money? U.S. is world’s top arms dealer

January 26, 2016 By Susan Webb

The U.S. is the top arms peddler in the world, its weapons sales to other countries far surpassing others, the Congressional Research Service reported last month.

2015 “Are you serious?” awards

January 6, 2016 By Conn Hallinan

Each year Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make following the news a daily adventure.

Okinawa mayor appeals to Americans to help stop military base

May 28, 2014 By Susan Webb

The mayor of Nago City, Okinawa, wants Americans to help him stop construction of a U.S. military base in his small city. He traveled to the U.S. last week to make his case.

Opposition grows against Syrian bombing as breakthrough emerges

September 10, 2013 By John Bachtell

A steady blare of horns honking greeted dozens of demonstrators holding signs aloft opposing U.S. military action in Syria at a Chicago neighborhood vigil Sept. 9.

New U.S. military strategy: concerns and a ray of hope

January 17, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

The Defense Department's new strategic guidance released this month offers a modest foothold in the struggle to reverse the ever-upward swing of U.S. military spending.