Results for secretary of defense
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John McCain's Theology of War Is Wrong
Originally Posted: 02/04/2013 - 12:44pm | Type: Press -
February 1, 2013 Sojo in the News Jim Wallis ...
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John McCain’s Theology of War is Wrong
Originally Posted: 02/01/2013 - 4:09pm | Type: Blog -
John McCain angrily insisted on “right” and “wrong” answers to his questions of Chuck Hagel yesterday. As a theologian and a religious leader, I want to say that John McCain is “wrong.” ...
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Listening to Veterans
Originally Posted: 11/08/2011 - 5:16am | Type: Blog -
[caption id="attachment_36538" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. Image via Wiki Commons."][/caption] ...
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Why We Need to Cut Wasteful Defense Spending in the United States
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
It's funny the things that you remember. I can remember one time when I was a teenager watching an episode of the Montel Williams show. It's funny the things that you re ...
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Afghanistan Weekly Digest: Taliban Prisoners. National Security Shakeup. Military Spending.
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
<em>[<strong>Editors' note</strong></em><em>: As part of Sojourners' campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly Afghanistan news digest to educate ou ...
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Terry Jones: We Have Lost Our Brother
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
In a blog posted on <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/09/14/we-have-our-brother-back/" target="_blank">God's Politics on September 14, 2010</a>, I wrote that I rejoiced th ...
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Why I Do Not Support President Obama's Decision on Libya
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
Last evening, President Obama forcefully <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/us/politics/29prexy-text.html" target="_blank">defended</a> his decision to launch airstrikes ...
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Losing Our Sons and Daughters: The Cost of Afghanistan
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
In November, 2010, Marine 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly was killed by a landmine in Afghanistan. He became one of now nearly 1,500 young Americans to die there. In November, 2010, Mari ...
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Our Military Spending and Spiritual Death
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
In Tuesday evening's generally well-received State of the Union speech, President Obama appealed to the center with talk of reducing the deficit and controlling federal spending. ...
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Peace or Partisanship? New START Reaches a Critical Juncture
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Nuclear policy typically moves at a glacial speed, with opportunities for progress few and far between. Nuclear policy typically moves at a glacial speed, with opportunities for p ...
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We Have Our Brother Back
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
I rejoice that <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/09/14/my-phone-conversation-with-terry-jones/" target="_blank">Pastor Terry Jones</a> and his church have decided never to burn ...
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It Didn't Happen
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
It didn't happen. The threat of a pastor from a very small Florida church to burn Qurans and start "International Burn a Koran Day," was not carried out. It didn ...
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Putting 'Collateral Murder' in Full Context: Rotten Fruit and the Tree From Which It Fell
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/04/19/putting-collateral-murder-in-full-context-rotten-fruit-and-the-tree-from-which-it-fell/"></a>Recently, Wikileaks, an online whistleblower ...
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Cut the Deficit--Cut Military Spending
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog -
President Obama's 2011 budget, submitted to Congress this week, totals $3.8 trillion and projects a deficit of $1.6 trillion. President Obama's 2011 budget, submitted to ...
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Daring to Disarm: McNamara and the Moscow Summit
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
At around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, two headlines were dueling for the coveted center space of the <em>New York Times</em> Web site. At around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, two head ...
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Demand an Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
In a March <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/24/60minutes/main4890687.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody">interview</a> with <em>60 Minutes</em>, President Obama ...
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Was Iraq a Holy War?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
Despite the repeated attempts of former President George W. Despite the repeated attempts of former President George W. Bush to renege on his usage of the word "crusade" ...
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Beating the F-22 Fighter Jet into a Ploughshare
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:17am | Type: Blog -
<blockquote><p align="left">"People will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy." "People will judge you on what you can buil ...
