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	<title><![CDATA[Can the Pentagon do Hope and Change?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lorelei-kelly/can-the-pentagon-do-hope_b_160771.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Hope and change are a lot to ask for. How about a sign of cautious optimism instead? <br />
Like fiscal accountability across all the government -- including the Defense Department. America's economic crisis demands that every federal agency cut back and sacrifice. The Pentagon is the most undisciplined of all our bureaucracies. Furthermore, we are paying too much for defense considering that we're not getting a 21st century security strategy for it. The department must act now to gain financial...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-26T00:50:00-05:00</date_published>
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