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Lockheed Martin's Herculean Efforts to Profit From Defense Spending 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1567
Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1557
Pakistan supply routes open, but move gear slowly into Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0
Air Force erases drone strike data in Afghanistan war report just one day after Rand Paul's filibust 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2658
$875M computer center coming to Fort Meade 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3234
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.8.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2494
Di Fi thinks we are all crazy 5 sarisataka Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2463
No Program Left Behind - A Quick Look At The JSF 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1946
America Is Plagued by Zombie “Experts” Who Are Invariably Wrong on Foreign Affairs 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1953
F-35’s ability to evade budget cuts illustrates challenge of paring defense spending 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2107
Exclusive: Retrofits to add $1.7 billion to cost of F-35 - GAO report 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1548
(TX) Sales tax exemption for disabled vets would impact cities 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2498
Army report stemming from Madigan complaints recommends overhaul of psychiatric programs 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1895
Beechcraft Protests Light Air Support Award; Kansas Lawmakers On Warpath 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2234
House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts 5 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2085
California Coastal Commission Rejects Navy Offshore Training 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1971
Obama’s Air Force No Longer Making Drone Strike Records Public 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1801
Aleppo at War: Everyday Life in the Death Zone 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2319
(Dutch) Afghan police training mission to stop on July 1, cabinet agrees 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1606
Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1553
Leon Panetta: Military 'looked the other way' in case of Jeremy Goulet, and Santa Cruz officers paid 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1717
Dempsey "committed' to missile defense deal with Russia 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1740
Military sexual-assault case triggers political furor 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1732
Overcoming Woman-Hatred in Afghanistan: 3 Stories 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1725
Sequestration Hits Army Tuition Assistance 3 douglas9 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2321
Improving fuel distribution effectiveness in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1987
Test Pilots: Stealth Jet’s Blind Spot Will Get It ‘Gunned Every Time’ 4 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 2229
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.7.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1813
Pentagon investigating link between US military and torture centres in Iraq 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1688
The Commons: Think of the F-35 as a Senate with wings 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1584

Veterans Continued...

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Inspector general report: U.S. cannot account for $1.7 billion spent in Iraq 14 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 13 3952
Peter Van Buren, One Day Even the Drones Will Have to Land 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1426
Individual Honor versus Unpleasant History: The Battle Still Rages Over What Vietnam Means 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1857
US to equip Afghan army with drone capabilies: Gen. Mattis 4 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2037
Top Tester Says F-35A 'Immature' For Training; JPO Says 'Ready For Training' 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1799
F-35 fighter jet plagued by poor visibility, Pentagon report warns 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3228
Guantánamo-bound barge loses cargo into ocean 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1584
Prices soar, enthusiasm dives for F-35 Lightning; pilots worry about visibility problem 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1603
General foresees end to grim rise in Army suicides 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1964
Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1567
Reef Rammers Hailed as Heroes 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2031
Pentagon linked to Iraqi torture centers by Central American ‘dirty war’ veteran 4 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2290
Army Central Command leader wanted larger force in Afghanistan after 2014 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1655
Former Lackland trainer sentenced to 3 months in jail 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2000
??? Military Contracts Awarded On 3.6.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1610
Tucson tech: Raytheon readies to start production of ($89,000) Excalibur Ib 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2070
Taliban attack trends: Never mind 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2788
Senators outraged by dismissal of assault case 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1889
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.5.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1959
Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform, Montford Point, To Revolutionize Amphibious Warfare 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2895
Predator Drones Being Configured To Listen To Your Phone Calls 10 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2969
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.4.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1879
Pentagon Operations Would Get $10 Billion Under Proposal 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2051
General Dynamics unit, others issue layoff notices, blame U.S. budget cuts 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2086
Dam and other Afghanistan projects being scaled back as U.S. picks up pace of withdrawal 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1842
Task force recommends U.S. keep nuclear option as response for massive computer attack 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1989
Predator Drones Get Domestic Surveillance Tech from DHS; Privacy Concern Arises 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2104
Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners say most on hunger strike; US military says it’s not true 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1512
Budget cuts to hit military school districts first 7 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2393
Editorial: More - VA's resources too meager to end backlog 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1820

Veterans Continued...

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Another group helping vets 1 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1596
Former president George W. Bush gives a tribute for Van Cliburn at his funeral 0 douglas9 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1772
Boeing touts fighter jet to rival F-35 — at half the price 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1972
Lockheed Wins $334 Million F-35 Contract Before U.S. Cuts 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2331
U.S. general's Australian outburst could undermine F-35 program 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2084
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to leaking secret government documents 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1816
Nato commander apologises after troops shoot dead Afghan children 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2452
Tomgram: Kramer and Hellman, The Washington Creation That Ate Your Lunch 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1738
US troops to Niger: A new stage in the scramble for Africa 6 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Mar 2013 2 2714
Homelessness in the USA: The Price of War? 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 1858
Five Military Cuts That Would Fix Sequestration 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2028
Pentagon to keep Gen. John R. Allen probe a secret 1 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2093
Lockheed dispute clouds Turkey’s F-35 commitment 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1699
F-35 chief Bogdan to execute, not cheerlead 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1761
Australia Begins Super Hornet Study As F-35 Slide Continues 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1760
Yesterday in Arizona, I heard a news report that a soldier from AZ had been killed in Afghanistan 0 lonestarnot Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1719
Army assault ladders — headed to Afghanistan soon 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2216
Veterans Gun Seizure Hoax Debunked…Somewhat (updated) 1 white cloud Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 2081
Pentagon F-35 program chief lashes Lockheed, Pratt 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1919
Walling Ourselves Inside a Militarized-Police State 2 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 1859
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