By William Hartung, includes “… Contrary to popular belief, the bulk of Pentagon spending does not go to support the troops. It ends up in the coffers of contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, and General Dynamics. As a new study from Brown University’s Costs of War project documents, $370 billion, or about half of the Pentagon budget, goes to private contractors. …”
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