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William D. Hartung

William D. Hartung, a TomDispatch regular, is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of “More Money, Less Security: Pentagon Spending and Strategy in the Biden Administration.”

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The Profiteers of Armageddon

Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

By William D. Hartung On July 30, 2023On July 30, 2023

The Ultimate All-American Slush Fund

How A New Budget Loophole Could Send Pentagon Spending Soaring Even Higher

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung On June 20, 2023On June 20, 2023

Unwarranted Influence, Twenty-First-Century-Style

Not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex

By Ben Freeman and William D. Hartung On May 4, 2023On May 4, 2023

Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry

And We’re Paying the Price (and What a Price It Is!)

By William D. Hartung On March 26, 2023On March 26, 2023

Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex

Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung On February 14, 2023On February 14, 2023

What Price “Defense”?

America’s Costly, Dysfunctional Approach to Security Is Making Us Ever Less Safe

By William D. Hartung On January 17, 2023On January 17, 2023

Corporate Weapons Heaven Is a Hell on Earth

Joe Biden, the National Security State, and Arms Sales

By William D. Hartung On November 17, 2022On November 17, 2022

Spending Unlimited

Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung On September 11, 2022On September 11, 2022

Fueling the Warfare State

America’s $1.4 Trillion “National Security” Budget Makes Us Ever Less Safe

By William D. Hartung On July 7, 2022On July 7, 2022

Arsenal of Autocracy?

The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just in Ukraine

By William D. Hartung On May 24, 2022On May 24, 2022

The New Gold Rush

How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung On April 17, 2022On April 17, 2022

Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War

A History Lesson for Our Desperate Moment

By Nick Cleveland-Stout, Taylor Giorno and William D. Hartung On March 22, 2022On March 22, 2022

What a Waste!

$778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting

By William D. Hartung On February 3, 2022On February 3, 2022

Reining in the Pentagon

Can It Possibly Happen?

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On November 9, 2021On November 9, 2021

The Profits of War

How Corporate America Cashed in on the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge

By William D. Hartung On September 21, 2021On September 21, 2021

What Price “Defense”?

America’s Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On June 29, 2021On June 29, 2021

America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)

And Again… and Again… and Again

By William D. Hartung On May 25, 2021On May 25, 2021

Demilitarizing Our Democracy

How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On January 28, 2021On January 28, 2021

Shrinking the Pentagon

Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?

By William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On November 29, 2020On December 29, 2020

The U.S. of A(rms)

The Art of the Weapons Deal in the Age of Trump

By William D. Hartung On October 13, 2020On May 15, 2021

Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon

Defunding America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

By William D. Hartung On July 7, 2020On May 15, 2021

Will Trump Ride Pentagon Spending to Reelection?

The President Bets on Arms Sales Big Time

By William D. Hartung On February 11, 2020On May 15, 2021

The Pentagon Budget Still Rising, 40 Years Later

The Stubborn Persistence of the Military-Industrial State

By William D. Hartung On December 15, 2019On December 15, 2019

America’s Arms Sales Addiction

The 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade

By William D. Hartung On November 17, 2019On May 15, 2021

Bestselling Pentagon Fiction

Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform

By William D. Hartung On September 26, 2019On May 15, 2021

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