2 hours ago by Allen McDuffee

So much for the Obama campaign promise that he would get defense spending under control. Yesterday, the House passed a $636 billion defense spending bill that is expected to be passed in the Senate over the course of the next week. The budget proposal is a $121 billion increase over last year's ...

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3 hours ago by Allen McDuffee

U.S. Predator drones are being hacked by Iraqi insurgents, according to a Wall Street Journal report today. Apparently all it takes is $26 software you can get at Best Buy. And this is why the Department of Defense has a $110 billion procurement budget? From the Wall Street Journal: Militants in Ira ...

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5 hours ago by Scott Sands

Entercom Indianapolis LLC radio stations WZPL-FM “ Z99.5,” WXNT-AM “ Newstalk 1430,” and WNTR-FM “ 107.9, The Christmas Station” today debuted a special Christmas tribute honoring Indiana troops serving overseas. “ Santa Bring My Soldier Home” features holiday greetings recorded by members of the US ...

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11 hours ago by Noam Scheiber

Before I answer that question, let me recommend Mike Grunwald's excellent cover story for the Person of the Year issue. It's a great introduction to Bernanke for readers who aren't economics or finance nerds, but you'll find it compelling even if you are such a person. I especially agree with Grunwa ...

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15 hours ago by Mark Seibel

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan ruled that the Pentagon had acted legally when it took custody of Musaab al Madhwani from Pakistani authorities and sent him to Guantanamo in 2002. It was a rare victory for the U.S. government, which has won only nine of the 41 Guantanamo habeas cases tha ...

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19 hours ago by Mc Parry

WASHINGTON, – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Wednesday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also includes money to extend jobless aid for two months. By a vote of 395 to 34, the House approved the bill and sent it to the Senate, which ...

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19 hours ago by skylla2012

This is video footage from a parking lot surveillance camera, at the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001. Judicial Watch acquired this video, and the one below it, through the Freedom of Information Act. Start the video , watch the counter, and then, click the pause button at 01:26 to 01:27. Now look in ...

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19 hours ago by skylla2012

This is video footage from a parking lot surveillance camera, at the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001. Judicial Watch acquired this video, and the one below it, through the Freedom of Information Act. Start the video , watch the counter, and then, click the pause button at 01:26 to 01:27. Now look in ...

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20 hours ago by OUT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts visiting Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Gen. Phung Quang Thanh, to the Pentagon dining room for a working lunch to discuss bilateral security issues, Dec. 15, 2009. DoD photo by R. D. Ward

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21 hours ago by Marinka Peschmann

Back in 2004, under the Bush Administration, it was revealed that the men and women of the US armed forces were sent to war without the proper equipment, now five years later, according to John Donnelly’s report at Congress.org, under the Obama Administration, the problem persists. Soldiers’ complai ...

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