{"id":51641,"date":"2025-02-19T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=51641"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:37:11","slug":"doge-versus-the-dept-of-defense-pop-some-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/doge-versus-the-dept-of-defense-pop-some-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE Versus the Dept of Defense: Pop Some Popcorn!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/RonPaulLibertyReport\">Ron Paul Liberty Report<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">The DOGE government-cutting train has finally made its way to the Pentagon, promising to slash the bloated staff of America&#8217;s &#8220;defense&#8221; HQ. Will they be successful? Also today&#8230; the US flew B-52s and fighter jets across the Middle East as a show of force to Iran. How much did that cost? Finally today&#8230; a good news story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2VsFdypVgM?si=meXPtDdaVempwJva\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Reprinted from <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/\">The Ron Paul Institute for Peace &amp; Prosperity<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The DOGE government-cutting train has finally made its way to the Pentagon, promising to slash the bloated staff of America&#8217;s &#8220;defense&#8221; HQ. Will they be successful? Also today&#8230; the US flew B-52s and fighter jets across the Middle East as a show of force to Iran. 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