President Obama's War Budget: Analyzing the Numbers

Common Dreams by Jeff Leys | May. 4, 2009 (Investigative Report)

At first glance, it is easy to conclude that the proposed 22 percent reduction in war spending from 2008 to 2009 represents a significant shift in war strategy and is indicative of a drawing down of the twin wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sadly, such a conclusion would be wrong. Full Story »

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by Stefanie Taylor - May. 7, 2009

Very factual. An excellent peice of Hard News ( rock hard actually). It is a quality peice journalism in the sense that the information given is so valuable. Every American should know eactly what it is costing to fund the war and where that money is going.

WOW! War is expensive! I am not a fan of war and I hate talking about it but after reading this I feel enlightened. The war my be thousands of miles away but it is also right here in our pocket books. Obviously I always knew that war took a ton of funding. After looking at these numbers it became a lot more real. I'm just glad that Obama is proposing a shift in War stategy.