Why Do Private Armies Fight America's Wars? testu.be/1fjYZyC Subscribe! bitly.com/1iLOHml The U.S. devotes billions of dollars to defense, but some worry it's too much. So, what exactly is the military-industrial complex? Learn More: Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later "On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces." Big money behind war: the military-industrial complex www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/big-money-behind-war-military-industrial-complex-20141473026736533.html "Eisenhower warned that 'an immense military establishment and a large arms industry" had emerged as a hidden force in US politics and that citizens "must not fail to comprehend its grave implications'." To learn more about America's federal budget and defense spending, check out these links: United States Federal Budget for FY 2015 www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/28_1.pdf Center For Defense Information at POGO: Total U.S. National Security Spending, 2014-2015 www.pogo.org/our-work/straus-military-reform-project/defense-budget/2014/total-us-national-security-spending.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/?referrer=http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pogo.org%2Four-work%2Fstraus-military-reform-project%2Fdefense-budget%2F2014%2Ftotal-us-national-security-spending.html%3Freferrer%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFFclKD0Q9lJswcmRIQJuwpuhh6nA Subscribe to TestTube News! bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube News is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: testtube.com/testtubenews Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! testu.be/1ndmmMq

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