Defense Department

How Three Americans Ended Up Hostages in Colombia

John McQuaid | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Government Contracting, Cia, Dea, Thomas Howes, Ingrid Betancourt, Marc Gonsalves, Defense Department, Colombia Hostages, Keith Stansell, Politics News
John McQuaid

The alarming backstory leading up to the captivity of the three hostages reveals a lot about the failings of government contracting, and government in general.

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Gays in the Military: It's Time for Spine

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Pace, Naval Academy, Iraq, Dadt, Military, Defense Department, Gays, Army War College, Libby, Admiral Mullen, Gays in the Military, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates failed to recommend Peter Pace for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff one year ago...

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Clinton and Obama Remain Pentagon-Huggers

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, The Nation, Jeremy Scahill, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Pentagon-Huggers, Pentagon, Defense, Department of Defense, Defense Spending, Defense Department, Pentagon Spending, Politics News
Steve Clemons

We are misdeploying resources and frankly, overspending on the Pentagon by a vast degree. Neither Obama nor Clinton is saying this.

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Pentagon Bans Google Teams From Bases

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Street Level, Google Earth, Pentagon, Defense Department, Video Maps, Google Earth Banned, Business News

WASHINGTON — Citing security risks, the Pentagon banned Google teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases after i...

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Pentagon Chief Breaks Right Arm

AP | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Robert Gates Falls, Robert Gates Breaks Shoulder, Defense Department, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates fractured his right arm in a fall on an icy step at his home in Washington, D.C., and was treated We...

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New Rule: We Only Talk To Bloggers We Like

Michael Roston | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: State Departement, Justice Department, George W. Bush, Bloggers, Bloggers Roundatlbe, New Media, Michael Mukasey, Talking Points Memo, Media, Press, Defense Department, Politics News
Michael Roston

Try calling the White House press office sometime as a representative of an organ with ".com" in your name, and see if you'll get a call back.

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Defense Department Study: 'Drilling Up' Into Space For Energy

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 12.23.2007 | Business

Read More: Space Energy, Space Power, Drilling Up Into Space, Defense Department, Space, Business News

While great nations fretted over coal, oil and global warming, one of the smallest at the U.N. climate conference was looking toward the heavens for i...

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Report: Iraq Security Forces Still Lag

Associated Press | Lolita Baldor | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Police, Iraq War, Warwire, Iraqi Security Forces, Baghdad, Bush Administration Iraq, War in Iraq, Defense Department, Electricity Iraq, Politics News

As violence continues to decline in much of Iraq, efforts to shift responsibility to the Iraqi security forces are still lagging, dogged by corruption...

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Man Bites Dog of War

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: James Carroll, Boston Globe, National Security Threat, Defense Department, Robert Gates, Defense Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Confronting the gross inequities and extreme poverty in so much of our world would do far more for both national and global security than constantly increasing military budgets.

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Sure, Mr. President, Blame Congress

Jonathan Diamond | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Iraq Contractors, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Affairs, Defense Department, Walter Reed, Politics News
Jonathan Diamond

The kind of common ground we need is the kind that comes from speaking honestly about the mess we've gotten ourselves into.

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