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Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected officials are preparing to hand the lion’s share – over 65% – of federal discretionary spending to the U.S. war More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Medea Benjamin - Nicolas J. S. Davies.

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