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Guest Commentator

Bill Astore, Bracing Views

BC guest Commentator Bill Astore is the Creator of Bracing Views. Contributor to TomDispatch, Truthout, HNN, Alternet, Huffington Post, Antiwar, and other sites. Retired AF lieutenant colonel and professor of history. Senior fellow, Eisenhower Media Network.

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Guest Commentary

The United States of Debt

By Bill Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

No one in the government, it seems, wants to live within their means.

The U.S. government’s solution is to wage wars while giving $500 billion more to the Pentagon and military contractors in FY2027. The Iran War costs more…

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