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TCS Releases Space Security Database

April 07, 2009 | National Security

Space is crucial to our national security, and we’ve got the skyrocketing budgets to prove it. The United States spends billions on... Read More

TCS on Gates Defense Budget Cuts

April 05, 2009 | National Security

The boom finally lowered on the Pentagon’s budget today, with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealing the major weapons cuts... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of America (and Merrill Lynch)

March 26, 2009 | Budget & Tax

On September 15, 2008 Bank of America acquired the investment bank Merrill Lynch. Bank of America Bank of America is the nation’s... Read More

F-22: No More Second Helpings

March 18, 2009 | National Security

Goodness, the difference an economic crisis can make. A few years ago, advertisements by defense contractors arguing that the U.S. should... Read More

Nuclear Weapons Spending in the Omnibus

March 05, 2009 | National Security

A look at the nuclear weapons budget in the omnibus reveals that while Congress is keeping nuke funding on a short leash, a controversial... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: AIG

March 03, 2009 | Budget & Tax

UPDATE: March 4, 2009. After reporting a $61.7 billion quarterly loss – the biggest single quarter loss ever – in early March AIG asked... Read More

National Security Spending in the Stimulus

February 13, 2009 | National Security

The axe has fallen on the final version of the stimulus bill, and some national security spending ended up on the cutting room floor.... Read More

Senate Supports Nuke Labs, Border Fence in Stimulus

January 28, 2009 | National Security

 The House and Senate agree on many of the national security-related agencies that should receive stimulus funding. The Defense... Read More

Report: U.S. Spends Over $52 Billion on Nukes

January 15, 2009 | National Security

How much does the United States spend on nuclear weapons? Seems like a simple question that the agency charged with tending our nuclear... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital One Financial Inc

November 13, 2008 | Budget & Tax

Capital One Financial is a financial services company whose products and services include consumer and commercial banking and credit card... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More