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This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

• Miscellaneous News
• Domestic Role for the Military?
• The Armed Services
• Reforming the Military
• Military Budget
• Peacekeeping Missions
• Missile Defense Shield, ABM Treaty, and Nuclear Weapons
• Conventional Weapons
• Vieques Island
• Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense (separate page)
• George W. Bush's National Guard record (separate page)

Miscellaneous News

• The imperial Pentagon
  Robert Schlesinger, Salon, 20 May 2004
• Winning With the Military Clinton Left Behind
  Michael O'Hanlon, New York Times, 1 January 2002

Domestic Role for the Military?

• Bush, Pentagon urge overturning of Posse Comitatus restrictions
  Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 20 July 2002

Armed Services

• Paycheck Delay an Insult to Our Soldiers
  Bob Herbert, New York Times, 15 March 2004
• Vets say counseling visits to U.S. wounded are restricted
  Dick Uliano, CNN, 7 January 2004
• Talk of a draft grows despite denials by White House
  Charles Pope, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8 November 2003
• Will U.S. Bring Back the Draft?
  Tim Harper, Toronto Star (in CommonDreams), 5 November 2003
• Military Discharges of Gays Rise, and So Do Bias Incidents
  Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 14 March 2002
• Military leaders rebelling against Rumsfeld
  Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian, 15 July 2001
• Military Scuttles Strategy Requiring '2-War' Capability
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 13 July 2001
• Army Chief Proposes Changes to Improve Quality of Life
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 29 May 2001
• Military practices for martial law
  Robert Windrem, MSNBC, 17 April 2001

Reforming the Military

• In US war games, 'Iraq' won
  The Guardian, 6 September 2002
• Downsizing of military now unlikely; Rumsfeld may defer modernization to pay for Star Wars
  Robert Burns, Associated Press (in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer), 1 September 2001
• Army to Move Some Weapons Out of Europe
  James Dao, New York Times, 31 August 2001
• Rumsfeld Says Plans for Military Transformation Are Limited
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 17 August 2001
• Defense Chief May Leave Size of Field Forces Up to Services
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 17 August 2001
• Defense: Rumsfeld's Lonely, Losing Battle
  Frank Pellegrini, Time, 10 August 2001
• Whatever Happened to Military Restructuring?
  Mark Thompson, Time, 28 June 2001
• Rumsfeld will propose more preparation for war, less emphasis on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 15 June 2001
• Bush's Plan for Military Faces Some Friendly Fire
  James Dao and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 2 June 2001
• The Illusion of a Grand Military Strategy
  James Der Derain, New York Times, 25 May 2001
• Why Bush is Keeping Mum on his Military 'Revolution'
  Tony Karon, Time, 25 May 2001
• Rumsfeld might revamp U.S. two-war strategy
  Jamie McIntyre, CNN, 8 May 2001

Military Budget

• GAO Says Army on Road to Ruin
  Noah Shachtman, Wired News, 5 April 2004
• U.S. Military May Run Out Of Money
  UPI, 11 February 2004
• Also see Guns vs. Butter (separate page)
• Big Bucks Trip Up the Lean New Army
  James Dao, New York Times, 10 February 2002
• Military Budget Creates Rift in G.O.P.
  James Dao, New York Times, 26 July 2001
• Fuzzy math means fuzzy strategy
  Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, 13 July 2001
• Rumsfeld to Seek $33 Billion Rise for Military
  Thom Shanker and James Dao, New York Times, 23 June 2001
• Bush Plans Modest Increase for the Pentagon
  Steven Lee Myers and James Dao, New York Times, 1 February 2001

Peacekeeping Missions

• US sends special forces into north Africa
  Giles Tremlett, The Guardian, 15 March 2004
• US demands immunity for its peacekeepers
  Oliver Burkeman. The Guardian, 20 June 2002
• Commander of U.S. forces in Kosovo tells Rumsfield U.S. presence is still needed
  James Dao, New York Times, 6 June 2001
• Bush shifts his stand on peacekeeping
  Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2001

Missile Defense Shield, ABM Treaty, and Nuclear Weapons

• Delay missile shield, say former top brass
  Jim Wolf, Reuters (in The Age), 27 March 2004
• U.S. Seeks Dismissal of Suit by Critic of Missile Defense
  William J. Broad, New York Times,3 February 2003
• Russia Offers U.S. Alternatives on Reduction of Warheads
  Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, 30 April 2002
• Missile defense could make space unusable
  New Scientist, 19 April 2002
• U.S. official: Missile test 'still not realistic'
  CNN, 17 March 2002
• The ABM Treaty: Dead or Alive?
  Dr. Robert M. Bowman (Lt. Col., USAF, ret.), History News Network,11 March 2002
• Congressional Inquiry Cites Flaws in Antimissile Sensor
  William J. Broad, New York Times, 4 March 2002
• Missile Defense: The Untold Story
  Bill Keller, New York Times, 29 December 2001
• Let's Not Militarize the Heavens
  Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (in CommonDreams), 27 December 2001
• The cold war is long over, but Star Wars goes on
  Martin Woollacott, Guardian (UK), 21 December 2001
• All Alone, Again
  Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, 19 December 2001
• Before and After Bush and Putin's Banter, No Agreement on Missile Defense
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 16 November 2001
• Russian Seems to Rule Out Chance of Arms Pact at Summit Talks
  Michael Wines, New York Times, 5 November 2001
• Rice Says Russia Is Warming to U.S. ABM Tests
  David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 27 October 2001
• His Magnificent Obsession
  Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 5 September 2001
• Bush encourages arms race rather than abandon missile defense
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 2 September 2001
• Intercepted missiles could fall on Europe
  Adrian Cho, New Scientist, 29 August 2001
• Environmental Groups to File Suit Over Missile Defenses
  James Dao, New York Times, 28 August 2001
• Achilles' Heel in Missile Plan: Crude Weapons
  William J. BroadNew York Times, 26 August 2001
• Bush Flatly States U.S. Will Pull Out of Missile Treaty
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 24 August 2001
• Pentagon Harbors Antimissile Skepticism
  Associated Press (in the New York Times, 16 August 2001
• Russians Resist Rumsfeld Effort to Set Aside ABM Treaty
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 14 August 2001
• Missile Defense: Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy a Bridge?
  Eric Alterman, The Nation, 6 August 2001 issue
• M.I.T. Physicist Says Pentagon Is Trying to Silence His Criticism of Missile Defense
  James Dao, New York Times, 27 July 2001
• Bush gives ground on arms deal
  Barnaby Mason, BBC, 22 July 2001
• Pushing Agenda for ABM's, Bush Prepares to Meet Putin
  Michael R. Gordon, New York Times, 19 July 2001
• Pentagon warns Democrats not to oppose missile defense
  James Dao, New York Times, 18 July 2001
• Death throes of ABM treaty
  BBC, 12 July 2001
• Greenpeace demonstrators delayed missile test
  BBC, 15 July 2001
• Russia condemns US missile test
  BBC, 15 July 2001
• Test scheduled for "son of Star Wars"
  Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 13 July 2001
• US defies global fury over missile shield
  Martin Kettle and Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 13 July 2001
• Rumsfeld: 'No intention of breaking' ABM treaty
  CNN, 12 July 2001
• Pentagon Study Casts Doubt on Missile Defense Schedule
  James Dao, New York Times, 25 June 2001
• Misrepresenting the ABM Treaty
  editorial, New York Times, 15 June 2001
• Bush Runs Into Skepticism at NATO Over Missile Shield
  Frank Bruni, New York Times, 13 June 2001
• Missile defence gets a thumbs-down from NATO
  editorial, The Guardian, 31 May 2001
• Allies and adversaries uneasy about missile defense plan
  Michael R. Gordon, New York Times, 30 May 2001
• U.S. Diplomat in Beijing to Calm Fears on Antimissile Project
  Erik Eckholm, New York Times, 15 May 2001
• World doesn't think much of Bush's missile plans
  Tony Karon, Time, 3 May 2001
• England should tell Bush that he is making a disastrous error with nuclear missile defense
  Rear Admiral Eugene J Carroll Jr (US Navy-Ret), The Guardian, 7 February 2001
• Sense and Missile Defense
  Tony Karon, Time, 6 February 2001
• Missile shield is moral requisite, US tells allies
  Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 5 February 2001
• Bush Repeats Call for Arms Reduction and Missile Shield
  Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 27 January 2001
• Bush's Star Wars raises global arms race fears
  Ed Vulliamy and Gaby Hinsliff , The Guardian, 14 January 2001
• When paranoia means big bucks
  Paul Rogers, The Guardian, 13 January 2001

Nuclear Weapons

• US plan for new nuclear arsenal
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 19 February 2003
• Bush Finds That Ambiguity Is Part of Nuclear Deterrence
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 18 March 2002
• Bush Appears Eager Now to Sign a Nuclear Pact With Russia
  Thom Shanker, New York Times, 14 March 2002
• Bush Nuclear Policy Violates International Law, Again
  Francis Boyle, CounterPunch, 14 March 2002
• America as Nuclear Rogue
  editorial, New York Times, 12 March 2002
• Russia Assails U.S. Stance on Arms Reduction
  Michael Wines, New York Times, 12 March 2002
• U.S. Tries to Dampen Fear Abroad on Policy
  Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 11 March 2002
• Rattling New Sabers
  John H. Cushman Jr., New York Times, 10 March 2002
• Top Officials Defend Nuclear Policy Review
  Agence France-Presse (in the New York Times - requires registration to view), 10 March 2002
• Outrage as Pentagon nuclear hitlist revealed
  Edward Helmore and Kamal Ahmed, Guardian (UK), 10 March 2002
• US 'has nuclear hit list'
  BBC, 9 March 2002
• U.S. Nuclear Plan Sees New Weapons and and New Targets
  Michael R. Gordon, New York Times, 9 March 2002
• Russia Praises U.S. Stand on Arms Pact, but Differences Remain
  Michael Wines, New York Times, 7 February 2002
• Powell, in a Possible Shift, Calls U.S. Willing to Sign Nuclear Pact
  David Stout, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Bush Flirts With Resuming Nuclear Testing
  Jeffrey St. Clair, In These Times (in CommonDreams), 25 August 2001
• U.S. Balks on Plan to Take Plutonium Out of Warheads
  Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 21 August 2001
• Bush Hints Nuclear Test Moratorium May End
  Jonathan Landay, The Toronto Star (in CommonDreams), 29 June 2001
• Scientists want U.S. nuclear arsenal slashed
  Associated Press (in USA Today), 6 June 2001

Conventional Weapons

• US weapons secrets exposed
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 29 October 2002
• Defense Department Agency Severs Its Ties to an Elite Panel of Scientists
  James Glanz, New York Times, 23 March 2002
• Pentagon revives plan to militarize space
  James Glanz, New York Times, 18 July 2001

Vieques Island

• Vieques Island backs end to US exercises
  BBC, 29 July 2001
• White House defends decision on Vieques exercises
  Kelly Wallace, CNN, 15 June 2001

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