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Every democracy that aspires to wield its military power effectively requires two things: Citizens who are willing to die for its objectives, and public confidence in its leaders. Full Article at Reno Gazette-Journal
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20 years after the Berlin Wall: In Asia-Pacific region, U.S. military navigates a complex series of relationships led by China's continued growth
Stars and Stripes
TOKYO — Just a few days ago, the top military leaders of the United States and China met in Washington for the first time in years and pledged to work toward a closer relationship, laying out a series of proposed confidence-building exchanges, such as... Full Article at Stars and Stripes
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The Pentagon's Defense Comptroller Robert Hale listens to testimony during the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2010 defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2009. View Photo »
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You are fighting a much smarter battle than we did in Vietnam. Our Army can take a mortar round ... and literally put it in the enemy's back pocket. ... But then I have another opinion. ... I wonder if possibly the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, is not overprotecting the medal. I do wonder that.
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20 years after the Berlin Wall: In Europe, U.S. military remains committed to ensuring stability while taking on new threats
Stars and Stripes
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The new American subdivision in Grafenwöhr features 820 homes with model names such as Virginia, Georgia and California. Full Article at Stars and Stripes
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Back from the brink A Fort Lewis soldier suffers devastating injuries from a bomb in Afghanistan. Heroic care on the field of battle and in the hospitals save his life and point him toward a new life.
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WASHINGTON – No one knows how long the bomb lay under the packed earth of southern Afghanistan. How many times had the soldiers stepped over it? Each member of Lt. Dan Berschinski’s platoon had, at least twice. Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com
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The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One, with President Barack Obama on board, shortly after taking off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. View Photo »
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Washington's political leadership, like the Pentagon, now accepts that the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan is best tackled with contact between the Pakistan armed forces and the Taliban, and not by the political governments of the region.
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WASHINGTON - The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, allegedly by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim, set off a rancorous debate that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they would be collectively found guilty... Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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BRIAN DICKERSON: Military confronts an inconvenient account of famous corporal's death
Detroit Free Press
Every democracy that aspires to wield its military power effectively requires two things: Citizens who are willing to die for its objectives, and public confidence in its leaders. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
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The Pentagon's Defense Comptroller Robert Hale listens to testimony during the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2010 defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2009.
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In this photo provided by the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, a Ground-Based Interceptor is shown shortly after liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. , on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 6, 2009 at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage.
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A new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle called the M-ATV is on display outside the Pentagon on November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.The M-ATV is designed to replace the up-armored Humvee in Afghanistan.
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US. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Xu Caihou (R), vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army Central Military Commission, listen to national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington October 27, 2009.
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US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) greets the People's Republic of China Central Military Commission Vice Chairman General Xu Caihou (R) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, October 27, 2009.
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You are fighting a much smarter battle than we did in Vietnam. Our Army can take a mortar round ... and literally put it in the enemy's back pocket. ... But then I have another opinion. ... I wonder if possibly the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, is not overprotecting the medal. I do wonder that.
SOURCE: The Shreveport Times -
Washington's political leadership, like the Pentagon, now accepts that the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan is best tackled with contact between the Pakistan armed forces and the Taliban, and not by the political governments of the region.
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Television, the Internet, Wall Street. The Pentagon could not fight wars, you couldn't get online, Wall Street could not make transactions without satellites.
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We will not go with the name of that man until the United States Pentagon confirms it because to be wrong on something like this is something you cannot take back ... When the Pentagon confirms it, we will tell you everything we know about him. To do otherwise would be irresponsible, and we’re not going...
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We will not go with the name of that man until the United States Pentagon confirms it because to be wrong on something like this is something you cannot take back ... When the Pentagon confirms it, we will tell you everything we know about him. To do otherwise would be irresponsible, and we’re not going...
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It looks likes a cross between a Humvee and a monster truck, and Pentagon officials hope it can save the lives of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is rushing the M-ATV, the latest version of the U.S. military’s blast-resistant vehicles, to Afghanistan as roadside bombs take a heavy toll on U.S. ...
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The list of things that Pentagon public affairs participated in during the run-up [to the Iraq war] and immediately after the invasion are horrendous
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The Pentagon war game did not formally endorse either course; rather, it tried to gauge how Taliban fighters, the Afghan and Pakistani governments and NATO allies might react to either of the scenarios.
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The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by the Pentagon and are being weighed by the Obama administration as part of a broad-based review of the faltering Afghanistan war, senior military officials s...
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We spend a lot of time taking pride in what the Army does well, and when I say ‘we,’ I mean the Pentagon. We really have to focus on where we are falling short
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President Bush has chosen Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the Pentagon's director of operations, to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a ‘war czar’ after a long search for new leadership, administration officials said Tuesday.
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An accelerated drawdown in Iraq would give the Pentagon more flexibility to meet the force requirements for Afghanistan, even if no troops were transferred directly between the two theaters of war
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Once I started reaching out to the military alumni in the DC area, I got lucky ... I talked to Bill Bonvillian [director of MIT's Washington, DC, office], and he put me in touch with Frank Tapparo, former president of the DC club and a Pentagon official for years, and Mike Telson, the CFO of the Departm...
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The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan
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Congress could be receptive to President Barack Obama's pledge to end a 16-year-old policy banning gay people from serving openly in the military, a top Democratic lawmaker said. The Pentagon also signaled openness to a change
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The Pentagon is playing dirty pool on behalf of the already-dirtiest pool players from Boeing, with regard to the huge (179-plane, about $40 billion) air refueling tanker contract that Northrop Grumman Corp. and EADS won fair and square last year before it was stolen away from them
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The Pentagon’s plan is beyond illogical ... It delays the delivery of a new presidential helicopter fleet until 2024 and wastes as much as $15 billion in taxpayer money on the construction of a new presidential program that will be nearly identical to the VH-71A program that’s been in development for mo...
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The Senate has passed a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill that would bring the tab for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to more than $1 trillion. The measure passed by a 93-7 vote. It would also ban outright any transfer of accused enemy combatants from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility into...
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A 2006 congressional study pegged the cost of flying Air Force One at $56,518 an hour. The Pentagon recently said it cost $100,219 an hour to fly the huge, reconfigured Boeing 747 without Obama aboard. The Pentagon estimate included more costs for support needs, such as maintenance. At those rates, the ...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates opposed the demands, saying the Pentagon budget amendment put himself and his commanders in an 'inappropriate' position. And Democrats argued that they had never demanded such testimony from Iraq commanders when President George W. Bush spent months in 2006 deliberating th...
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He has presided over an intricate and occasionally thorny reconfiguration of the 200 person NSC staff to better reflect Obama's national security priorities ... Lippert's general level influence -- particularly over Obama's Iraq and Afghanistan policies and his advice to Obama about the way to deal with...
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The Pentagon is seeking to speed deployment of an ultra-large bunker-buster bomb on the most advanced U.S. bomber as soon as July 2010, the Air Force said on Sunday, amid concerns over perceived nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran.
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Congress will tackle a defense-heavy agenda this week with debates on Pentagon spending and policy, missile defense strategy, and the contentious missions in Iraq and Afghanistan ... The conference on the 2010 defense policy bill could conclude this week. Staff are slated to work through the weekend and...
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This month's interim ruling from the World Trade Organization shows that Airbus illegally benefited from European Union subsidies when developing its aircraft ... The Pentagon should add costs back to the Airbus tanker proposal to account for these subsidies and prevent the company from undercutting its...
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The Pentagon is behind the coup in Honduras.
SOURCE: Foreign Policy | Passport
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