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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week: 24 June 2001**
In 1998, estimated spending on nuclear weapons and related programs by the United States was $35.1 billion, or just shy of $130 per capita. This figure is at least 10% of 1999 GDP per capita for no less than 40 of the world's countries. Sources: Brookings Institution (weapons spending); U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. population); and CNN (1999 GDP per capita)

A Do-It-Yourself SIOP: The government's nuclear war plan is top secret. But new software is showing what the Pentagon keeps hidden (Bret Lortie, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).
The U.S. Nuclear War Plan: A Time for Change: The National Resources Defense Council's assessment of American nuclear war plans.
Firm's Iraq Deals Greater than Cheney Has Said: While Dick Cheney was chairman of Halliburton, its foreign subsidiaries had extensive and lucrative contracts with Iraq (Colum Lynch, Washington Post).
Whatever Happened to Competition?: The local paper is apt to be in a partnership with a TV station--if the same company doesn't own them both. (Carl Sessions Stepp, American Journalism Review).
Bush's Tax Savings: Unreal! Bush and his cabinet will personally enjoy huge savings from his tax cut (Michael Scherer, The Nation).
Same Sexers Under Siege: The right-wing crusade to roll back gay civil rights gains and block further advances is gathering momentum (Doug Ireland, The Nation).
Class Act: Chris Matthews and Bill O'Reilly ignore the economic interests of the working class that they purport to support (Noam Scheiber, The New Republic).
Harvard's Hoard: Does a $19 billion endowment serve Harvard University, or is it the other way around (Johanna Berkman, New York Times Magazine)?

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