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by Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg
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The Pentagon is seeking an increase of $20.4 billion, or 13 percent, for weapons and research as President Barack Obama begins a push to remove defense budget caps that would force cuts in … Read More

by Grant Bissell, KSDK
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An aggressive plan to protect downtown St. Louis with surveillance cameras that can read your license plate is being criticized by those who say the cameras are an invasion of privacy.

The plan … Read More

by James Kilgore, Truthout
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Likely the most well-known prison profiteers in the United States are the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Between them, these two firms pulled in about $3.3 billion last year running scores … Read More

Sources say two GOP proposals will both get floor votes in some fashion, and portions could be merged into a final product.

by Burgess Everett and Manu Raju, Politico
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Republicans are clashing over the best strategy for confronting President Barack … Read More

Special Ops Missions Already in 105 Countries in 2015

by Nick Turse, Tom Dispatch
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In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.  Landing in a remote region of one of the most volatile … Read More

by Leo Shane III, Military Times
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On Tuesday night, veterans groups and defense watchers will once again carefully dissect the president’s annual State of the Union speech to Congress for any mention of their policy priorities.

They’re … Read More

by John T. Bennett, Defense News
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Two former governors are pushing legislation in the US Senate that would require presidents to submit two-year budget plans to Congress.

Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both former Virginia … Read More

by Lindsay Koshgarian, National Priorities Project
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The White House has announced that President Obama will reveal a proposal to allow students to attend community college free for up to two years.

The proposal could save full-time community college students an … Read More

by Jim Gallagher
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The state of Missouri will hand Boeing $229 million over 18 years if the aerospace giant grows its current St. Louis-area workforce by 2,000 jobs, according to details of the state’s incentive package.

But the … Read More

by Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News
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Washington — The Pentagon will request about $51 billion in war funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 20 percent reduction from the $64 billion Congress approved this year and … Read More