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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 the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight.

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The U.S. Navy's Titanium “Tin Can”

analysis | January 10, 2019 | Mark Thompson

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War…By the Numbers

analysis | October 1, 2018 | Mark Thompson

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Afghanistan and Eggs

analysis | August 28, 2017 | Mark Thompson
A Confederacy of Dunces

analysis | August 16, 2017 | Mark Thompson
President Trump’s Two War-Fighting Brains

analysis | August 14, 2017 | Mark Thompson
Why the U.S. Military Represents Stability in Trump’s Turbulent Washington

analysis | August 7, 2017 | Mark Thompson
The Defense Secretary’s Peculiar Procurement Priorities

analysis | July 31, 2017 | Mark Thompson
The Curse of Certainty

analysis | July 10, 2017 | Mark Thompson
My Very Own Warplane

analysis | July 3, 2017 | Mark Thompson
Congressional Irresolution: Lawmakers Shirk Their Responsibility to Declare War, Or Not

analysis | June 26, 2017 | Mark Thompson