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Hot
Topics: Important Issues and Actions
February
2008
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Let's
make our own dang pie!
WAND is launching the "Great American Pie
Campaign" this election year, to spread the
word:
Federal
budget priorities favor militarism and war.
We might be coming to your town! Check
it out. |
| The
Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the
Iraq Conflict
This sobering study by Nobel Prize winner
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda
J. Bilmes casts a spotlight on expense items that
have been hidden from the U.S. taxpayer, including
not only big-ticket items like replacing military
equipment but also the cost of caring for thousands
of wounded veterans—for the rest of their
lives. |
| DayDream
Believers
Fred Kaplan argues that the Cold War’s
end and 9/11 persuaded President Bush and his
advisers to unilaterally impose America’s
political will on the world, while remaining blind
to the military and diplomatic fiascoes that followed. |
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A
Unified Security Budget for the U.S.
From Foreign Policy in Focus:
"If Congress funds the president’s
$623 billion FY2008 military budget request,
we will spend more on our forces next year than
at any time since World War II." |
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WAND's
own Johnny Appleseed hits the road!
Longtime
WAND activist and educator Bobbie Wrenn Banks
is touring several states with the word about
the dangers of nuclear terrorism. Using the
docudrama "Last Best Chance" as
a springboard, she's talking about what we
can do to make ourselves more secure.
For more about BWB's trip, click
here.
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