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RFK Jr. Says US Should ‘Vastly Scale Back’ Its Military Budget
The independent presidential candidate vowed to cut military spending by 50 percent and reallocate that money to domestic programs.
June 14, 2024
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Jeff Louderback
GOP Senator Pushes for Significant Defense Spending Boost to Counter Adversaries
'The best way to avoid further conflict is to be ready. Today’s security challenges demand a generational investment ...
May 30, 2024
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Aaron Pan
Global Military Spending Hits a Record High of $2.44 Trillion: Report
Countries around the world spent an “all-time high” of $2.44 trillion on their militaries in 2023, according to ...
April 24, 2024
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Frank Fang
Growing Number of Canadians Want Ottawa to Meet NATO Military Spending Target: Poll
Canadians are increasingly identifying military spending as a priority with more than half of the voting age public ...
March 5, 2024
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Jennifer Cowan
Europe Meeting Defense Target, NATO Chief Says, After Trump Criticism
NATO's European member-states are poised to invest a combined total of $380 billion on defense this year, according ...
February 14, 2024
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Kos Temenes
Why Did Australia Refuse to Send a Single Ship to the Red Sea?
President Joe Biden’s surrogates asked for just one ship—not an unprecedented request. Why did we refuse?
January 5, 2024
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Graham Young
John Robson: 5 Key Policy Improvements Ottawa Should Make in 2024
Commentary In my last column of the year, I consigned 2023 to the trash can of history with ...
January 1, 2024
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John Robson
Exiting American NORAD Commander says Canada, US Too Slow to Adapt to Threats
In a world of uncertainty, there is one critical mission the North American Aerospace Defence Command can count ...
December 21, 2023
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The Canadian Press
Defense Expert: America’s Ability to Defend Itself Declining as Result of Several Bad Choices
Commentary The U.S. military’s ability to defend this nation and her interests is declining by choice, and that is creating ...
September 20, 2023
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Lucy Gilbert
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Sara Garstka
Biden Threatens Veto of Veterans, Agriculture Bills Over GOP Spending Cuts
President Joe Biden will veto the first two appropriations bills to be voted on by the House if ...
July 24, 2023
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Lawrence Wilson
64 Percent of Canadians Favour Increasing Defence Spending to Meet NATO Target: Poll
About two in three Canadians say they would prefer increasing defence spending to reach the 2 percent target ...
May 8, 2023
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Isaac Teo
New Zealand Defence Force to Receive Biggest Pay Increase ‘In Decades’ as Personnel Leave in Droves
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are getting the biggest pay rise in over a decade in an ...
May 8, 2023
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Rebecca Zhu
War in Ukraine Pushes for Higher Global Military Spending: Swedish Think Tank
Military spending worldwide has increased for an eighth consecutive year in 2022 to reach $2.2 trillion, levels never ...
April 24, 2023
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Efthymis Oraiopoulos
Canada’s National Defence in Peril With Inadequate Spending: Former Defence Ministers
An open letter, signed by former defence ministers among more than 60 former senior public servants and military ...
April 23, 2023
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Marnie Cathcart
CCP’s Top ‘Two Sessions’ Political Meeting Kicks Off: Sets Lower GDP Target, Increases Military Spending
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 2023 Two Sessions top political meeting started on Saturday, March 4, and is ...
March 5, 2023
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Alex Wu
Canada Faces Fresh Pressure on Military Spending as NATO Chief Eyes Hard Target
The head of NATO is raising the prospect of hard targets for military spending which could put more ...
February 15, 2023
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The Canadian Press
‘New Cold War’?: House Forms Committee on China Threat
House lawmakers say the United States must win a “new Cold War” with China. To do it, they’re ...
December 9, 2022
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Tiffany Meier
Russian Invasion Prompts Military Spending Boosts
Russia’s invasion in Ukraine is prompting military spending boosts in the West. But questions rise over whether war ...
June 30, 2022
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Tiffany Meier
China’s Normalization of COVID-19 Testing Draws Wide Criticism
Megacities in China have been setting up COVID-19 nucleic acid "sampling circles" (testing sites) within 15 minutes walking ...
June 4, 2022
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Alex Wu
Estimated Cost of China’s Mass COVID-19 Testing More Than Its Military Spending: Research
Recent research results from China’s financial securities firms show that the estimated cost of the Chinese regime’s mass ...
May 28, 2022
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Alex Wu
Sweden to Strengthen Military Infrastructure in Baltic Sea Amid Tensions With Russia
The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to allocate more than $160 million to further increase its military ...
April 29, 2022
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Lorenz Duchamps
Proposed Biden Defense Budget Names China as ‘Primary Strategic Challenge’
President Joe Biden’s proposed $813 billion national security spending request to Congress includes $773 billion in direct allocations ...
March 30, 2022
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John Haughey
On Communist China’s Military Budget
Commentary China seems to spend less on military spending, compared to the United States. But Beijing manipulates the ...
November 2, 2021
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Morgan Deane
Military Contractors Raked in $4.4 Trillion Since 9/11: Study
The Pentagon has spent some $14.1 trillion over the last 20 years, at least $4.4 trillion of which ...
September 16, 2021
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Ken Silva
Is Taiwan on the Brink of Defeat?
Commentary Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) dropped a bombshell last week when it presented an incredibly downbeat ...
September 6, 2021
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Richard A. Bitzinger
Canada Jumps Closer to Military Spending Target Thanks to COVID 19’s Economic Damage
OTTAWA—New figures from the NATO military alliance have revealed the tiniest of silver linings as COVID-19 wreaks havoc ...
October 21, 2020
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The Canadian Press
Russia, Hit by Coronavirus Crisis, Considers Military Spending Cuts
MOSCOW—Russia is considering cutting spending on the military as low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis have pummeled ...
July 21, 2020
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Reuters
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Jack Phillips
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Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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Jacki Thrapp
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Jacki Thrapp
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Naveen Athrappully
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