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Summary: The Department of Defense uses obscure accounting to conceal its true cost from America's citizens, assisted by the mainstream press. Long-time DoD expert Winslow Wheeler shows the real cost for our War Department. Like all debunking of our mad military industrial complex since President Eisenhower warned us in 1961, he has been ignored. The…

Worldwide security spending is set to grow by 12.1 per cent to reach $219bn in 2023, according to IDC The market watcher's new Worldwide Security Spending Guide...

Mandate for troops. it authorizes more security spending on ukraine and taiwan. and provides a pay increase for troops. joining us with more is capitol hill ali rafa and jeff bennett. so how optimistic are lawmakers they can get an agreement? >> reporter: good morning. we saw how quickly lawmakers could get things done when last night when the threat of working on a friday loomed large. you can only imagine how quick ly they want to get this done with christmas just around the corner. and all si...

The U.S. should budget for national security based on realistic threat assessments and its commitments and interests abroad.

Throwing money at security threats may be good exercise, but it won't do much to deter data thieves, ransomware bandits, and other bad guys.

Line or off the buses in the morning to, you know, theres an intruder in the school. ive got to react now. >> reporter: but some of americas largest school districts recently removed the officers from buildings amid calls for police reform. there may be schoolsization we need to get a lot more officers really fast. you dont think thats the solution? >> absolutely not. there is an actual way in which we can do both-- ensure that our kids are safe while at the same time not overpolicing and overha...

Sure that we stand by the ukrainian people. and she wants to return. and so these are people who are fleeing with as many things they can carry on their backs, some people with very little, just to get to safety. as you said, over 3 million ukrainians have already left, and nearly 10 million in total have either left or been displaced already. and this is a country that needs our help. and we just stand shoulder to shoulder with ukrainian people. the good news is, chris, that europe has not only...

Defense and security spending, doubled it. and introduced the longest increase for two decades. so if the government is ready to boost defense, then it will continue to have labour support. >> great to have you on the program. >> thank you. and now, to a rescue mission which illustrates ukraines defiance. yesterday in the city of kharkiv, a missile struck a government building. but there might be someone in the rubble. and so they ignored air raid warnings all to try to find one man. >> report...

WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how Rep. David McKinley, R-1, and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., voted this past week in Congress.

WASHINGTON — Heres a look at how Rep. David McKinley, R-1, and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., voted this past week in Congress.