Just how much do we know about the military budget. Last week there was an interesting piece in the Washington Post called "The Budget You Can’t See." We’re joined by John Pike with the Federation of American Scientists to shed some light on the Pentagon’s Black Budget.
Pacifica National Affairs correspondent Larry Bensky joins us from Berkeley, California
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In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [includes rush transcript]
