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Mike Malloy on US being the biggest military spender in the world
(From the May 7 show) Mike Malloy reads and comments on the article from Common Dreams, "The Shame of Nations: A New Record is Set for Spending on War", by retired history professor Lawrence Wittner. That article is based on the new SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) study on world military expenditures and found that the world has spent the most on military in human history and the US once again leads all nations in military budget.
Wittner's article: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/23-2
Screenshots of SIPRI info from these links:
http://www.sipri.org/media/pressreleases/17-april-2012-world-military-spending-levels-out-after-13-years-of-increases-says-sipri
http://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2012/04
http://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-28.xml
http://milexdata.sipri.org/
