A Costly Silence: Eisenhower's Warning

Nukes of Hazard · Oct 29, 2026 · 20m

With proposed U.S. Pentagon and weapons spending zooming past $1 trillion — and proposals on Capitol Hill racing toward $1.5 trillion — why aren't policymakers talking about where this money is going, and what is their silence costing everyday Americans? For this four-part special series, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, to host an event called A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget. Partnering with Nebraskans for Peace, with funding from the Prospect Hill Foundation, our public town…