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Topic: DEFENSE POLICY

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The end of war is just a beginning

Allegra Harpootlian, Emily Manna - TomDispatch.com
Security personnel arrived at the site of a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2018. (AP/Salon)

Trump will halve troops in Afghanistan

Nicole Karlis
US Army soldiers investigate the site of an explosion, January 18, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq (Getty/Mario Tama)

Why US persists in waging losing wars

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Jim Mattis (AP/Christophe Ena)

New Pentagon policy: More war?

Bryce Farabaugh
Donald Trump addresses troops at Miramar Marine Corp Air Station. (Getty/Sandy Huffaker)

Internet reacts to the "Space Force"

Nicole Karlis

Private defense companies

Charles Mahoney - The Conversation
FILE--In this July 15, 2004, file photo a worker sprays water to keep down the dust as a giant claw on an excavator rips apart Building 771 at the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Golden, Colo. Attorneys say they reached a $375 million settlement late Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in a legal battle between the operators of the former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver and thousands of homeowners who said plutonium releases from the plant hurt their property values. It must still be approved by a federal judge, and it could take months to set up a process for homeowners to file claims. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, file) (AP)

The non-nuclear option

Todd Gitlin - BillMoyers.com
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