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Bernie Sanders takes aim at defense spending: 'Elon Musk is right'
Sanders typically does not agree with Musk on much. Known for his critique of billionaires ... "are angry and want change." Cuts to military spending has not appeared to be top of mind for ...
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Bernie Sanders admits ‘Elon Musk is right,’ backs DOGE if it makes major cuts in this department
Apparently, you can teach an old DOGE new tricks. Lefty Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) turned heads Sunday with his support for President-elect Donald Trump’s planned new Department of Government ...
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Bernie Sanders gives damning verdict on Joe Biden administration: 'Musk is right'
Sanders joined Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna in his critique of the defense spending and failed audits. "When it comes to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse and opening the five primes to more ...
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Bernie Sanders Calls Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' A 'Death Sentence,' Says It Delivers $235 Billion Tax Break To Top 0.2%—While 99.8% Of Americans Get Nothing
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) delivered a sharp critique of the Republican budget ... this bill increases defense spending by $150 billion." Why It Matters: Sanders warned the bill "does exactly the ...
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‘Elon Musk is right,’ Bernie Sanders admits, agreeing the defense budget needs to be cut because the Pentagon has ‘lost track of billions’
An unlikely duo has emerged at the intersection of business and politics: Elon Musk and Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Vermont independent, who caucuses with the Democratic Party, on Sunday posted on X ...
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Bernie Sanders finally takes foreign policy seriously
Sanders bemoans the exorbitant cost of defense spending when ... This is a serious critique. Sanders stresses the virtues of multilateral action at the United Nations and people-to-people diplomacy.
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Sanders vows tougher oversight of defense contractors as Budget Committee chairman
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) vowed Wednesday to use his perch as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to impose tougher oversight of the Pentagon and defense contractors. At a budget hearing ...
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Bernie Sanders’ Attack on US Defense Spending Gets the Facts Wrong
Frederico Bartels is a policy analyst for defense budgeting at The Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. The Senate Committee on the Budget held a hearing ...
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Sanders requests DOD meeting over wasteful spending
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday requested a meeting with new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to discuss wasteful spending at the Pentagon. Sanders ...
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Sanders Says He Opposes $886 Billion in Military Spending Amid Healthcare and Climate Crises
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Bernie Sanders: 'Elon Musk Is Right' On Wasteful Defense Spending
Sanders noted that only 13 senators opposed the defense budget last year, which he described as being riddled with waste and fraud. He stressed, “That must change.” See Also: ‘Dr. Doom ...