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The Military-Industrial Circus

The Military-Industrial Circus is a regular column by Pulitzer-prize winning National Security Analyst Mark Thompson for CDI at POGO.

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Joe Biden’s Pentagon To-Do List

analysis | December 11, 2020

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Hot-and-Cold Running F-16s

analysis | October 26, 2020

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War…By the Numbers

analysis | October 1, 2018
The Pentagon’s New Stealth Bookkeeping

analysis | August 24, 2018
Whirlybird-Brained: U.S. Making Wrong Chopper Choice for Afghanistan

analysis | June 25, 2018
Gambling On History: President Trump’s Pentagon Says Nuclear Weapons Save Lives

analysis | June 18, 2018
Back To The Future: The Pentagon Considers Flying Prop Warplanes

analysis | June 11, 2018
A Brake On—Or Gas Pedal To—Nuclear War?

analysis | June 4, 2018
When Congress Told the Pentagon to Rein In Weapons Costs

analysis | May 28, 2018
Thoughts on Memorial Day

analysis | May 21, 2018