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Hot
Topics: Important Issues and Actions
June 2010
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It's
here! The
famous American budget pie! Now
with an even more gigantic slice for the Pentagon!
Please download this colorful
PDF one page summary and share with your friends
and family. You know they've been wondering
how much for the Pentagon this year? More than
ever! 58%!
Yikes!
Want to learn more about the federal budget, go here. |
The
FY11 funding for Pentagon base budget (Dept.
of Defense plus nuclear weapons) and the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan: $733 billion. This
is 58% of the federal discretionary budget.
That funding was $687 billion for FY10. In the
new FY11 budget the parts of the budget not
directly related to security are FROZEN.
For more information on the federal budget, go here. |
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Nuclear
Posture Review Released Tuesday, April 6th
Early press reports and analysis
indicate that there are some positive policy developments
in the NPR, but it is also disappointing to many that
the NPR did not go further in reducing the roles of
nuclear weapons in U.S.
Here is what people are saying:
"The release this week of the long awaited
road map for U.S. weapons policy was met by some cheers
for its commitment to reductions. But a close read reveals
that oversight of the government's spending must remain
on high alert." -Taxpayers
for Common Sense
"The U.S. Defense Department's long awaited
Nuclear Posture Review endorses three different approaches
to modernizing aging warheads, but the politically cautious
path it attempts to carve could still prove controversial."-Global
Security Newswire
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One
Year Ago
President Obama laid out a compelling vision
of a safer world free of nuclear weapons in his April
speech in Prague.
This April, nuclear weapons issues and policies take
center stage. Make sure you are in the know with all
of the opportunities and changes.
Click
here to learn about April events.
Click
here to join WAND and stay in the loop no matter
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Finding
New Ways to Create Jobs
The
military industry stays in business because it
creates millions of jobs. But other projects can
do even better. It's time to reinvest our public
monies. |
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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. |
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