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William Hartung

William D. Hartung, a TomDispatch regular, is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex.

Shrinking the Pentagon

Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?

By William 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 Hartung On October 13, 2020On October 13, 2020

Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon

Defunding America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

By William Hartung On July 7, 2020On July 7, 2020

Will Trump Ride Pentagon Spending to Reelection?

The President Bets on Arms Sales Big Time

By William Hartung On February 11, 2020On February 11, 2020

The Pentagon Budget Still Rising, 40 Years Later

The Stubborn Persistence of the Military-Industrial State

By William 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 Hartung On November 17, 2019On November 17, 2019

Bestselling Pentagon Fiction

Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform

By William Hartung On September 26, 2019On September 26, 2019

Merger Mania

The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids

By William Hartung On July 16, 2019On July 16, 2019

Boondoggle, Inc.

Making Sense of the $1.25 Trillion National Security State Budget

By William Hartung On May 7, 2019On May 12, 2019

Our Man From Boeing

Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

By William Hartung On January 29, 2019On June 10, 2019

Pentagon Socialism

Militarizing the Economy in the Name of Defense

By William Hartung On November 1, 2018On November 1, 2018

Trump’s Space Force

Smoke and Mirrors or a Step Towards War in Space?

By William Hartung On September 25, 2018On September 25, 2018

Donald Trump, Gunrunner for Hire

The NRA and the Gun Industry in the Global Stratosphere

By William Hartung On August 14, 2018On August 19, 2018

Trump’s “Infrastructure” Plan

Pump Up the Pentagon

By William Hartung On July 1, 2018On July 1, 2018

Weapons for Anyone

Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal

By William Hartung On April 1, 2018On April 2, 2018

How the Pentagon Devours the Budget

Normalizing Budgetary Bloat

By William Hartung On February 27, 2018On February 27, 2018

Massive Overkill

Brought to You By the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

By William Hartung On November 14, 2017On November 14, 2017

The Scandal of Pentagon Spending 

Your Tax Dollars Support Troops of Defense Contractor CEOs 

By William Hartung On October 10, 2017On October 12, 2017

The Hidden Costs of “National Security”

Ten Ways Your Tax Dollars Pay for War — Past, Present, and Future

By William Hartung On July 25, 2017On July 25, 2017

Destabilizing the Middle East (Yet More)

The Saudi Regime Is Playing Donald Trump With Potentially Disastrous Consequences

By William Hartung On June 20, 2017On June 20, 2017

The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker

Never Has a Society Spent More for Less

By William Hartung On May 9, 2017On May 9, 2017

The President Who Loved Generals

Could War With Iran Be on Washington’s Agenda?

By William Hartung On March 5, 2017On March 5, 2017

What Happens When All We Have Left Is The Pentagon?

Trump’s Vision of a Militarized America

By William Hartung On February 2, 2017On February 2, 2017

A Pentagon Rising

Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?

By William Hartung On November 22, 2016On November 22, 2016

The Urge to Splurge

Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?

By William Hartung On October 25, 2016On October 25, 2016

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