Mandy Smithberger
Director, Straus Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information, Project On Government Oversight (website)
email: msmithberger [at] pogo [dot] org
phone: 202-347-1122
Director, Straus Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information, Project On Government Oversight (website)
email: msmithberger [at] pogo [dot] org
phone: 202-347-1122
corruption | defense industry
Mandy Smithberger rejoined Project On Government Oversight (POGO) as the director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information in December 2014. Previously she was a national security policy adviser to U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.). Earlier an investigator with POGO, she was part of a team that received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Award for contributions in the area of open government.
Ms. Smithberger received her B.A. in government from Smith College and her Masters in Strategic Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She also served as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency and U.S. Central Command.
Recent Publications:
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Mandy Smithberger rejoined Project On Government Oversight (POGO) as the director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information in December 2014. Previously she was a national security policy adviser to U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.). Earlier an investigator with POGO, she was part of a team that received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Award for contributions in the area of open government.
Ms. Smithberger received her B.A. in government from Smith College and her Masters in Strategic Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She also served as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency and U.S. Central Command.
Recent Publications:
- "The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always," Tom Dispatch, March 2, 2021.
- "After the Apocalypse: Defense Spending," Inkstick, February 25, 2021.*
- "Demilitarizing Our Democracy," Tom Dispatch, January 28, 2021.*
- "Shrinking the Pentagon: Will the Biden Administration Dare Cut Military Spending?" with Bill Hartung, TomDispatch, November 29, 2020.
- "National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget: A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First," TomDispatch, September 13, 2020.
- "Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Endless War," Just Security, September 11, 2020.*
- "Ending police violence begins with cutting Pentagon money, militarization program," USA Today, July 8, 2020.
- "Washington Is Still Putting the Military Before Public Health," The Nation, June 30, 2020.
- "Congress needs to be more forceful in its response to Trump’s inspector general purges," Responsible Statecraft, May 20, 2020.
- "Beware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers: Hasn’t the Military-Industrial Complex Taken Enough of Our Money?" TomDispatch, May 3, 2020.
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