In the January 16th Washington Post, the day before the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” speech to Congress, his granddaughter, and chairman emeritus of the Eisenhower Institute, Susan Eisenhower wrote:

Looking back, it is easy to see the parallels to our era, especially how the complex has expanded since Sept. 11, 2001. In less than 10 years, our military and security expenditures have increased by 119 percent. Even after subtracting the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the budget has grown by 68 percent since 2001. In 2010, the United States is projected to spend

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