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Who Should Be Secretary of Defense?

John Feffer | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Antonio Taguba, Robert Gates, Obama Cabinet, Secretary of Defense Gates, Obama Appointments, Secretary of Defense, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
John Feffer

At this critical juncture, we don't need someone at the head of the Pentagon who is satisfied with the status quo. Here's a suggestion: Antonio Taguba.

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Don't Ask Don't Tell: Getting Repeal Right This Time

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joint Chiefs of Staff, 111th Congress, Gays in the Military, Pentagon, Dadt, 538.Com, Nate Silver, Department of Defense, Barack Obama, President Clinton, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

To get rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" we must proceed deliberately and according to a plan, which will not require grandstanding, but rather actual leadership.

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Piracy and Us

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Africom, National Security, Africa, Pirates, Security, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marcia DeSanctis

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden might seem like a pebble dropping, but the ripples may be felt everywhere.

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Pentagon Cyber Attack - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

foxnews.com | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon Security, Pentagon Cyber Attack, Cyber Attack, Pentagon, Pentagon Hacked, Politics News

WASHINGTON-- As many as 1,500 computers in the Defense Department were taken off line because of a cyber attack, Pentagon officials said. Defense S...

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Experts Slam DoD Waste in Book for Obama

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iron Triangle, Pentagon, Center for Defense Information, Military Spending, Barney Frank, Obama, America's Defense Meltdown, Transition, Iraq, Marine Corps, Barack Obama, Dod, War Wire, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The United States been stuck in a century-old military strategy, spending too much money for too little ability to wage a modern war, and why?

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Team of Rivals: JFK's Lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Pentagon, Schlesinger, Cia, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1961, Asia, Castro, Barack Obama, Robert S. McNamara, Ground Combat Troops, Vietnam, Kennedy Cabinet, Abraham Lincoln, Dean Rusk, Hillary Clinton, Guatemala, Ford Motor Company, April 17, Secretary of State, Douglas MacArthur, Bay of Pigs, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Gordon Goldstein

The new commander-in-chief would be wise to examine JFK's first year: Appoint the strongest team possible, yet be prepared to reject your counselors' advice, even when vastly outnumbered.

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First Female Four-Star General Promoted

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Ann Dunwoody, US Army, Women's Advancement, First Female Four-Star General, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by ...

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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Auditors go easy on contractors

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Military Contractor Failed to Open Books, Pentagon, Bechtel, Pentagon Bechtel, Military Contractor, Bechtel Audit, Acacia Rodriguez, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Audit Bechtel, Business News

WASHINGTON — Instead of seeing red, Pentagon audit managers saw business as usual after being told that a major military contractor failed to op...

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Bombers Without Borders

John Feffer | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Pakistan, Iraq War, Syria, Bombings, Suicide Bombers, Politics News
John Feffer

Reposted from Foreign Policy In Focus The United States, so obsessed with policing its own borders, shows precious little concern for those of other ...

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IBM Joins Pentagon In Attempt To Create Electronic Cat Brains

Wired | Posted 10.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Cats, Ibm, Animals, Darpa, Catbrains, Lolcats, Military Budget, Green News

IBM is that latest company to join in the Pentagon's quest to make electronics that mimic the "function, size, and power consumption" of a cat's brain...

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Pentagon Challenge: Ask Iraqis How Many Have Died

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Lancet Study, Washington Post, Pentagon, Just Foreign Policy, Iraq, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Not only should Congress require the Pentagon to ask these questions, but Congress should require the Pentagon to use the data so gathered to create estimates of Iraqi deaths since 2003.

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Pentagon Seeking $450 Billion Increase Over Next Five Years

Congressional Quarterly | Josh Rogin | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Defense Spending, Defense Spending Increase, Pentagon Spending Increase, Pentagon Budget, Politics News

Pentagon officials have prepared a new estimate for defense spending that is $450 billion more over the next five years than previously announced figu...

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Congress Fights Pentagon Propaganda Machine That Sold Iraq War

Media Matters | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, War Wire, Bush Administration Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Pentagon Propaganda, Politics News

Washington, DC - Media Matters for America today applauds the inclusion of language in the 2009 Defense Authorization Bill responding to criticism of ...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths Acknowledged By Pentagon, Officials Say 30 Killed In Strike

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Pentagon, Civilian Deaths, Afghan Civilians, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The military said Wednesday that U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan on Aug. 22 killed 33 civilians, far more than previously acknowledg...

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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial: Making Beauty Out of Ugly Things

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Pentagon, 9/11 Memorial, Dolphins, Religion Journalist, Kaseman, 9/11, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ubuntu, Falkenberg, Catacombs, Spirituality, Backman, Arlington Virginia, National Cathedral, Rome, Julie Backman, Leslie Whittington, Shanksville Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Zoe Falkenberg, John D. Yamnicky Sr., Dana Falkenberg, American Airlines Flight 77, St. Peter's Basilica, Keith Kaseman, President Bush, Charles Falkenberg, Ground Zero, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

I made the short journey to the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., to visit the 9/11 memorial honoring 184 people who died here when terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77.

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Pentagon Budget Hits New Record

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Budget, Spending, Government Spending, Federal Spending, House of Representatives, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House passed a $630 billion-plus spending bill Wednesday that wraps together a record Pentagon budget with aid for automakers a...

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US Rethinks Afghanistan Strategy With An Eye On The Bush Legacy

NY Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, George Bush, Surge, Afghanistan, War Wire, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Four months before President Bush leaves office, his top civilian and military aides are conducting four major new reviews of the war st...

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Pentagon Researchers Fear That World Of Warcraft May Be Used To Plot Terror Attacks

Wired | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Pentagon, World of Warcraft, Terrorism, Home News

The American military and intelligence communities are increasingly worried that would-be bin Ladens might gather in a virtual world, to plan a real-l...

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Pentagon Dedicates 9/11 Memorial

Washington Post | Debbi Wilgoren, Nick Miroff and Robin Shulman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

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President Bush today dedicated the Pentagon Memorial as "an everlasting tribute to the 184 souls who perished" when a hijacked jetliner exploded into ...

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Pentagon Memorial To 9/11 Will Be Dedicated Tomorrow

REUTERS | Andrew Gray | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

Read More: September 11, Pentagon, 9/11 Memorial, Pentagon September 11, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, September 11th, Home News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the morning of September 11, 2001, Patrick Smith was walking toward a television set in a Pentagon office to get news of the...

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Pentagon: Afghanistan Military Strategy Unsuccessful

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Pentagon, US Military, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Taliban, Home News

WASHINGTON — Improved security in Iraq will give the U.S. military flexibility to do more in Afghanistan in coming months, Defense Secretary Rob...

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Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Mustafa Hamlili, Mohammed Al-Qadir, Tunisia, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdulli Feghoul, Abdul Raham Houari, Taliban, Return to Torture, Al-Qaeda, The Guantanamo Files, Algeria, Politics News
Andy Worthington

As part of its alleged "desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary," the Pentagon announced on Tuesday that two Guantánamo prisoners had ...

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Boeing Threatens To Quit $40B Marathon Military Bid Process For Tanker

Wall Street Journal | August Cole and J. Lynn Lunsford | Posted 08.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Pentagon, USAF Tanker Bid, Tanker Big, Boeing, Boeing Air Force, Boeing Tanker, Northrop Grumman Corp, Air Force, Business News

Boeing Co. said it is inclined to bail out of its effort to win a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force unless...

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The Media's Response to the Hamdan Trial: Due Process or Dictatorial Sideshow?

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Pentagon, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salt Lake Tribune, New York Times, Stephen Colbert, Washington Post, Al-Qaeda, Salim Hamdan, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Kansas City Star, Military Commissions, Media News
Andy Worthington

As the Olympics and the war in Georgia threaten to sweep all before them, the significance of the lenient sentence handed down by a military jury to G...

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Sexual Assault and the Military: When Will the Pentagon Take Action?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexual Assault in Military, Women, Gates, Pentagon, Department of Defense, Mental Health, Military, Sexual Harassment, Iava, Rieckhoff, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

It's the Pentagon's job to ensure our troops are protected, and they are failing miserably here. What happened to taking care of our own?

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