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The Hidden Cost of the U.S. Military: The Real Budget Is Far Larger Than Reported

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By Gisela Cernadas, Marie Trigona, David Peterson
| ZNetwork
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent the acknowledged budget for 2026. While a roughly $500 billion increase would be unprecedented in modern U.S. history, the idea that the military budget only recently hit $1 trillion is incorrect. U.S. military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for many years.
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What Parents of Non-Verbal Children Wish You Would Say

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By David Peterson, Theodore DwightWeld
| The Citizen Verified
Why your reaction matters more than a response when a child cannot answer back. When strangers greet my son in public, the moment often turns complicated. My son is non-verbal, and while I appreciate people acknowledging him, their reaction when I explain he cannot respond can be harder to watch than the silence itself. Here is the situation: someone leans down in the grocery store and says, “Hello sweet boy!” My son does not answer or make eye contact.
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North Carolina bridge offers a sustainable solution to storm surge

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By David Peterson
| American Society of Civil Engineers Verified
By David B. Peterson, P.E., F.ASCE The Rodanthe Jug Handle Bridge in Rodanthe, North Carolina, provides a long-term, sustainable solution to an ever-present problem that plagues coastlines: erosion caused by storm surges. The resiliency of the built environment encounters its greatest challenges along the coastlines of the world.
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