Organized by Topics
The basics on the Budget:
737 U.S. Military bases = Global Empire
http://www.alternet.org/story/47998
The Independent Institute.
The Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget Is Already Here.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1941
About.com: U.S. 2008 Military Budget.
Compares figures with the two previous years.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/2008_defense.htm
China Daily: the 2008 U.S. Defense Budget is $716.5 Billion.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-02/06/content_802007.htm
Wikipedia. U.S. 2007 Military Budget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States
U.S. 2006 Military Budget (Los Alamos Study Group).
http://www.lasg.org/USMilitarySpending.pdf
IDSA. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (Indian Think Tank – New Dehli).).
The U.S. Defence Budget for 2008.
http://www.idsa.in/publications/stratcomments/LaxmanBehera210207.htm
The second most expensive war in U.S. history, by Eric Margolis.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis68.html
Wikipedia. Black Budget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_budget
The CIA Black Budget. A summary of Michael Salla’s report.
http://www.arcticbeacon.citymaker.com/articles/article/1518131/24982.htm
Michael Salla’s original report on the CIA Black Budget.
http://www.american.edu/salla/Articles/BB-CIA.htm
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Defense Budget Process.
http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/defens...
National Defense Industry Association. The coming challenge for Defense (2006).
Since September 2001, the Defense Budget has increased by 70%.
http://www.ndia.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Resources1/Presidents_Corner2...
2007 Homeland Security Budget $40.6 Billion.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=37591&dcn=todays_most_po...
Congressional Budget Office.
Federal Funding for Homeland Security, 2001 to 2005.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=5414&type=0
The Department of Homeland Security, $44 Billion Budget in 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security
House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs 2008 Budget proposal.
Final figures are on page 23. Recommendation is for $41 Billion.
http://veterans.house.gov/about/comdocs/110/Viewsandestimates110.pdf
The “We don’t spend enough” side of the story.
An analysis of the 2008 Defense Budget by the Heritage Foundation.
Increasing Defense spending is one of the main goals of the Heritage Foundation.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2012.cfm
The ”We spend too much” side of the story.
An analysis of the Defense Budget by Anti-War.com.
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=10525
U.S Military compared to other countries.
U.S. Military Spending vs. the World.
Includes tabs with U.S.-specific statistics.
http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/archives/002279.html
Wikipedia.
List of countries by military expenditures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
Washington Post, March 2007.
China Boosts Military Spending.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR200703...
Wikipedia.
Definition of GDP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product
List of countries by GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
Wikipedia. Measures of national income and output.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNP
Economic Indicator: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/GDP.html
CIA Factbook.
List of National Budgets by Country.
Revenues vs Expenditures.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2056....
Corporations Compared to the Size of the military:
Revenues of the largest corporations in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization
The Military Budget Waste:
Pentagon waste has been going on for decades without accountability.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml
Pentagon waste in 2003.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/18/MN251738.DTL
GAO (Government Accounting Office) labels Pentagon’s accounting as a mess.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/13/MNG96MUHPF1.DTL
The American Conservative.
Money for Nothing. Waste under Iraq’s CPA (and after).
http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/cover.html
Cato institute.
Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers.
http://cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-350es.html
Classified bills can be refuge for mischief (USA Today).
How Randy Cunningham used “black” budgets.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-07-23-black-budgets_x.htm
Military pays $998,798 to ship 19-cent washers.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS07/70817039...
PilotOnline (February 20, 2007).
Pentagon investigates Blackwater’s expense tab.
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=119795&ran=143615
Subsidiary of Halliburton overbilling.
It seems to be common practice with Halliburton.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1085028468241.html
Washington Post, November 30, 2006.
Halliburton Unit To Pay $8Million for Overbilling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR200611...
Navy Times, August 10, 2007.
Lockheed overbilled Pentagon for $265 Million and no one noticed.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/08/defense_jsfrefund_070809w/
The Center for Public Integrity.
Windfalls of War.
Various articles on military contractors.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/
CBS News: Top U.S. Official Eyed For Blocking Probes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/18/national/main3271931.shtml?sou...
House oversight Committee:
Probe of the conduct of the State Department Inspector General.
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1482
Foreign sales by U.S Arms Makers Doubled in a year.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1111-02.htm
Wikipedia. List of United States defense contractors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_defense_contractors
Wikipedia. Private Military contractors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_contractor
Privatization of war.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/
World Policy Institute;
Arms Trade Resource Center.
A good resource site on arms trade.
http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports.html
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