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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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Merger Mania

The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids

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

Boondoggle, Inc.

Making Sense of the $1.25 Trillion National Security State Budget

By William D. Hartung On May 7, 2019On May 15, 2021

Our Man From Boeing

Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

By William D. Hartung On January 29, 2019On May 15, 2021

Pentagon Socialism

Militarizing the Economy in the Name of Defense

By William D. Hartung On November 1, 2018On May 15, 2021

Trump’s Space Force

Smoke and Mirrors or a Step Towards War in Space?

By William D. Hartung On September 25, 2018On May 15, 2021

Donald Trump, Gunrunner for Hire

The NRA and the Gun Industry in the Global Stratosphere

By William D. Hartung On August 14, 2018On May 15, 2021

Trump’s “Infrastructure” Plan

Pump Up the Pentagon

By William D. Hartung On July 1, 2018On May 15, 2021

Weapons for Anyone

Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal

By William D. Hartung On April 1, 2018On May 15, 2021

How the Pentagon Devours the Budget

Normalizing Budgetary Bloat

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

Massive Overkill

Brought to You By the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

By William D. Hartung On November 14, 2017On May 15, 2021

The Scandal of Pentagon Spending 

Your Tax Dollars Support Troops of Defense Contractor CEOs 

By William D. Hartung On October 10, 2017On May 15, 2021

The Hidden Costs of “National Security”

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

By William D. 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 D. Hartung On June 20, 2017On May 15, 2021

The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker

Never Has a Society Spent More for Less

By William D. Hartung On May 9, 2017On May 15, 2021

The President Who Loved Generals

Could War With Iran Be on Washington’s Agenda?

By William D. 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 D. Hartung On February 2, 2017On February 17, 2021

A Pentagon Rising

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

By William D. Hartung On November 22, 2016On May 15, 2021

The Urge to Splurge

Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?

By William D. Hartung On October 25, 2016On May 15, 2021

There’s No Business Like the Arms Business

Weapons “R” Us (But You’d Never Know It)

By William D. Hartung On July 26, 2016On May 15, 2021

The Pentagon’s War on Accountability

Slush Funds, Smoke and Mirrors, and Funny Money Equal Weapons Systems Galore

By William D. Hartung On May 24, 2016On May 15, 2021

How Not to Audit the Pentagon

Five Decades Later, the Military Waste Machine Is Running Full Speed Ahead

By William D. Hartung On April 10, 2016On May 15, 2021

Military Strategy? Who Needs It? 

The Madness of Funding the Pentagon to “Cover the Globe” 

By William D. Hartung On March 26, 2015On March 26, 2015

Beyond Nuclear Denial

By William D. Hartung On July 8, 2012On May 15, 2021

Throwing Money at the Pentagon

A Lesson in Republican Math

By William D. Hartung On March 20, 2012On May 15, 2021

Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing You?

By William D. Hartung On January 11, 2011On January 11, 2011

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