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BACK TO THE FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS
I hope Secretary of Defense Robert Gates writes a serious memoir after he retires. He might explain why he’s been targeting the Future Combat Systems program, designed to digitalize the infantry...
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OBAMA MIGHT SCRAP USELESS DEFENSE AGAINST NON-EXISTENT THREAT
Here is a potentially positive shift in foreign policy from the Bush to Obama administration: the New York Times’ Judy Dempsey and Peter Baker reported this weekend that Barack Obama might want to...
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AUDITING THE PENTAGON AUDITORS
Justin Elliot of Talking Points Memo has a nice pick-up of two reports critical of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, which is supposed to police all dealings between military and industry — or $501...
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Gitmo in Illinois minus the Gitmo part
The Chicago Tribune’s Christi Parsons reports that the Justice Dept. will buy a correctional facility in Thomson, Illinois even if Congress continues to block funding to move Guantanamo Bay detainees...
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Chicago to have most patriotic hospital ever
A federal health center that will open in North Chicago Oct. 1 will be the first of its kind to combine services for both the Dept. of Defense and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. The Chicago Tribune’s...
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FAA Cleared for Takeoff
The U.S. Senate is expected to approve a bill this morning written by the House that will resume operations at the Federal Aviation Administration — at least until Sep. 16, reports the New York Times’...
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