1.0 link 183167 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-flood/more-military-aid-to-paki_b_183167.html Thursday's edition of the New York Times had a cliched beltway piece by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker espousing a Pentagon plea that it's seeking three "new" billion dollars in military aid to Pakistan and must bypass the State Department in doing so. "Military supporters of the program said it offered a speedier alternative to the traditional military assistance process overseen by the State Department" says the Times. "Speedier"? Nothing that takes place in Pakistan is terribly speedy. At least...

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