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<h1>TONIGHT! The High Price of Nuclear Weapons -- and the Myth of the "Fiscal Cliff"</h1>
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<h1>The Myth of the "Fiscal Cliff"</h1>
<h2><em>Pentagon Spending and the the Fight for a Fair Budget Deal</em></h2>
<p><b>Monday, November 19, 2012, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm<br>
First Church in Cambridge - Hastings Room • 11 Garden St • Cambridge</b></p>
<p>Pundits and policy makers are abuzz with talk about the dangers posed by automatic budget cuts that could kick in on January 2nd if Congress fails to come up with a so-called "grand bargain" on reducing the budget deficit.</p>
<p>In one area at least -- the possibility of real cuts in Pentagon spending -- these fears are unfounded. We can afford to cut the Pentagon budget by far more than the amounts that would be required if automatic cuts kick in without in any way undermining U.S. security.</p>
<p>Join author and analyst <strong>William Hartung </strong>and Massachusetts Peace Action for a discussion of how and where to cut the Pentagon's bloated budget.</p>
<p>Buffet lunch will be served - $5 donation requested. Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:info@masspeaceaction.org">info@masspeaceaction.org</a> or 617-354-2169</p>
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<h1><em>Bombs versus Budgets: The High Price of Nuclear Weapons</em></h1>
<p><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/imagefield/2879819[1].jpg" alt="" title="2879819[1].jpg" width="120" height="120" align="left" hspace="10"><strong>Sunday, November 18, 2012, 7:00 pm <br>
First Unitarian Society in Newton • 1326 Washington St • West Newton</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><em><strong>- The US has 5,000 nuclear weapons, deployed & in reserve</strong></em><br type="_moz"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><em><strong>- $185 billion in the budget for new weapons manufacturing</strong></em><br type="_moz"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><em><strong>- Mayors for Peace from 140 countries say NO</strong></em></span></p>
<p><strong>William Hartung, </strong>Director, Arms & Security Project, Center for International Policy. </p>
<p>Hartung is the author of <em>Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex </em>(Nation Books, 2011) and the co-editor, with Miriam Pemberton, of <em>Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War </em>(Paradigm Press, 2008). His previous books include <em>And Weapons for All </em>(HarperCollins, 1995), a critique of U.S. arms sales policies from the Nixon through Clinton administrations. </p>
<p>From July 2007 through March 2011, Mr. Hartung was the director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. Prior to that, he served as the director of the Arms Trade Resource Center at the World Policy Institute. He also worked as a <img src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/12023068-E7F2-99DF-3CBCE4AD9D3FCD19_1.jpg" width="200" hspace="10" align="left" vspace="5" alt="">speechwriter and policy analyst for New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams.</p>
<p>Bill Hartung’s articles on security issues have appeared in the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Washington Post</em>, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The Nation</em>, and the <em>World Policy Journal</em>. He has been a featured expert on national security issues on CBS <em>60 Minutes</em>, <em>NBC Nightly News</em>, <em>the Lehrer Newshour</em>, CNN, Fox News, and scores of local, regional, and international radio outlets. He blogs for the <em>Huffington Post</em> and <em>TPM Café</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Third of 3 Forums on Cutting the Military Budget</strong></p>
<p>The Forums are open to the public at no charge. Parking is available across the street and on side streets, except against the bank rear wall. </p>
<p>Contact: Nancy Wrenn, <a href="mailto:ncwrenn@aol.com">ncwrenn@aol.com</a></p>
<p>Sponsors: Fund Our Communities Not War - a program of the First Unitarian Society in Newton</p>
<p>Cosponsors: Massachusetts Peace Action, American Friends Service Committee, Newton Dialogues on Peace & War, Occpy Newton, Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment, Veterans for Peace Chapter 9, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - Boston Chapter</p>
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