by Burning Issues Video | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/PGAcgHgmZMM[/fve] Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have stepped up their opposition even though it is a clear success. Kate Gould of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, an expert on the Middle East policy, explains why now is the...
by Burning Issues Video | May 11, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/OfM73I-dzRY[/fve] The next president should end the practice of recent presidents of using arms sales as an instrument of foreign policy, says William Hartung, director of the arms and security project at the Center for International Policy, in...
by Burning Issues Video | May 9, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/BSDU8Fy-5nE[/fve] The F-35 fighter place is a textbook example of how tax dollars are wasted on Pentagon weaponry, Mandy Smithberger, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Project on Government Oversight, explains in this Burning...
by Burning Issues Video | May 5, 2016 | Burning Issues
[fve]https://youtu.be/-3X1Mj7Vqlw[/fve] Presidential candidates who emphasize closing the federal spending deficit are ignoring a more important investment deficit in our infrastructure, our schools and in other fundamentals of future growth and shared prosperity,...
by Burning Issues Video | May 3, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/uPzFqfa4UQY[/fve] Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, highlights the reasons why our Pentagon budget is so bloated in this Burning Issues segment. One simple answer: It's politics. The way the Pentagon...