In the fourth and final installment of our special series recorded live at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, we share the conclusion of our public town hall, A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget. This concluding episode turns the floor over to the audience for a robust and […]
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A Costly Silence: Wasteful Spending and Improper Influence
What happens when military contractors blow past their budgets on taxpayers’ dime, and why does Congress keep handing them the check? In the third installment of our four-part series recorded live at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, the discussion turns toward two of the most egregious vulnerabilities in American defense spending: runaway nuclear weapons modernization […]
A Costly Silence: The Choice Is Ours
In our last Nukes of Hazard episode, we kicked off our special series from Omaha, Nebraska, where the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation partnered with Nebraskans for Peace for an event titled A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget. Executive Director John Tierney and moderator Alex Bell […]
A Costly Silence: Eisenhower’s Warning
With proposed U.S. Pentagon and weapons spending zooming past $1 trillion — and proposals on Capitol Hill racing toward $1.5 trillion — why aren’t policymakers talking about where this money is going, and what is their silence costing everyday Americans? For this four-part special series, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation traveled to Omaha, […]
Why aren’t your policymakers talking about the trillion-dollar Pentagon budget?
By Connor Murray and Emma Sandifer In mid-October, many members of the Center’s team took our mission of educating decision makers on the road. This time, instead of Members of Congress and their staff, we engaged an even more consequential group: the people they work for. Together with a team of experts from other organizations, […]
