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our community project funding. and democrats and republicans have project that s are in this bill. it is something in here for all of us. it is not just a democratic bill. and i m looking forward to us passing it s an amazing budget. you were able, not you personally but congress was able to pass an immense bipartisan defense spending bill though, right? yes. what do you say to somebody who looks at congress and says, so you guys can all come together to spend an unbelievable amount of money on, for weapons contractors and guns and the military but you can t come together when it comes to funding any other domestic priority. well, i can ask you, why haven t you passed the voting rights bill? one that historically had been passed. why didn t we address the george floyd injustice bill? when we know that this entire
Two Associated Press stories recently ran on the same page of the newspaper.One reported that the Pentagon has spent $14 trillion on post-9/11 wars. Up to half the money went
Military-Industrial Complex Exerts Powerful Influence on Bidenâs Foreign Policy
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C, February 10, 2021.
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Given how progressive many of the initial Biden administration domestic policy actions have been, its foreign policy seems incongruous to some. This apparent contradiction becomes easier to understand by recognizing the critical role played by the military-industrial complex (MIC) in shaping foreign policy.
Many commentators have pointed out that Bidenâs foreign policy appointments come from the Obama administration, and reflect a Democratic old guard. This group was intimately tied to the MIC and there is little evidence that these ties have been severed. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was deputy secretary and national security adviser under Obama, a supporter of the Iraq War and a China hardliner. After Obama, he led a firm that consulted with top milit