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Foreign Policy In Focus | Too Many Overseas BasesForeign Policy in Focus - A Think Tank Without Walls »
Posted by: dissent 9 months ago in News
In the midst of an economic crisis that’s getting scarier by the day, it’s time to ask whether the nation can really afford ...
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Pentagon Rebrands Protest as “Low-Level Terrorism” »
Posted by: populist 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
You have to hand it to Pentagon securocrats and their corporate cronies, they never miss an opportunity to demonize, vilify or otherwise slander domestic political ...
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Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers Bible Study in Afghanistan »
Posted by: berkeley 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
Hours after Al Jazeera first broadcast a video showing US soldiers in Afghanistan being instructed by the military’s top chaplain in the country to ...
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The curious sacking of Gen McKiernan »
Posted by: berkeley 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The public defenestration of General David McKiernan, a distinguished career officer who took command in Kabul less than one year ago, was brutal in that ...
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Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, 2006 document shows »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A newly leaked military document appears to show the Pentagon knowingly exposed US troops to toxic chemicals that cause cancer, while publicly downplaying the risks ...
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Coast Guard fires at boat in Washington river »
Posted by: gunnyreef 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The US Coast Guard fired on a suspicious boat in the Potomac River in central Washington, D.C., amid high security while September 11 memorial ...
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Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for the United States »
Posted by: Progressive 5 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
MELBOURNE, Fla. - The government's urgent push into cyberwarfare has set off a rush among the biggest military companies for billions of dollars in new ...
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Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Civilian contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan not only outnumber the uniformed troops, according to a report by a Congressional research group, but also ...
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Gates plan may be beginning of the end of‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ »
Posted by: Varadinum 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Pentagon Studies Ways to Relax Enforcement as First Step; Impact on Troops Would be Minimal In the wake of unexpected Pentagon announcement about gays in ...
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Palin Too Close for Comfort in this Presidential Race »
Posted by: VotersUnite 1 year, 1 month ago in News
We need to consider the REAL possibility of a Vice President Sarah Palin. Given what we know of Gov. Palin' s governing style in Alaska ...
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The Lying Game - Obama is the Pentagon's Biggest Resource »
Posted by: hyperbola 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
In 2001, the Observer in London published a series of reports that claimed an “Iraqi connection” to al-Qaeda, even describing the base in Iraq where ...
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Pentagon questions growing Chinese military power - News42day.com »
Posted by: mafihotz 8 months ago in Political News
China is increasing its military power more rapidly and developing new “disruptive technologies” that are shifting the military balance in its region and possibly beyond ...
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Study recommends total ban on smoking for soldiers »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
You've seen the iconic picture of a soldier with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, but that could soon be a thing of the ...
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Nick Turse: As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region »
Posted by: berkeley 2 days, 18 hours ago in Political Opinion
Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity ...
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Economic Death Spiral at the Pentagon »
Posted by: hyperbola 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Like much of the rest of the world, Americans know that the U.S. automotive industry is in the grips of what may be a ...
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