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The (POGO) Blog
July 23, 2013
Critical Votes on Savings at the Pentagon Today
This year there are more opportunities to cut unnecessary spending in the Defense Appropriations Act than there has been in a very long time.
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Topics: National Security
July 19, 2013
By Jana Persky
Time to Cut Iraq and Afghanistan Spending
As the House's version of the defense appropriations bill is cobbled together, Congress should vote in favor of an amendment to eliminate approximately $3.5 billion of funding that the Pentagon neither wants, needs nor requested.
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Topics: National Security
July 10, 2013
By Jana Persky
Congress Should Stop Funding Unneeded Nuclear Programs
The House is voting today on two amendments that will cut funding two nuclear programs that Project On Government Oversight has spoken out against in the past.
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Topics: National Security
June 7, 2013
Time for Answers on Domestic Spying Program
The public has been left completely in the dark about the scope and the extent of the government’s domestic spying.
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Topics: Open Government
June 5, 2013
Senate Should Support Cardin Amendment to Farm Bill Over Grassley-Donnelly Amendments
There is a clear and important divide between two amendments to the Farm Bill currently under consideration in the Senate.
Topics: Open Government
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POGO's Scott Amey talks about the growing private intelligence industry that includes major federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the former employer of Edward Snowden. Podcast with Joe Newman, Aimee Thomson, Jana Persky and Andre Francisco.
