Defense

A Chicago Road to Perdition for NATO?

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: France, UK, European Debt Crisis, NATO Chicago Summit, Europe, Nato, Russia, Libya, Defense, Afghanistan, Obama Administration, Nato Budget, Nato Summit 2012, World News

The NATO summit in Chicago in May is being seen as an important test of whether the alliance's European members can mitigate their collective military decline by pooling and sharing capabilities.

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Homefront Heroes Takes Compelling Wounded Warrior Stories to GI Film Festival

Mark Drapeau | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Television, Defense, Military, Film, Veterans, Impact News

For those not directly connected with an active-duty military person or a veteran, you often only hear their stories vaguely, or in passing. Now, two very different people have created Homefront Heroes to deliver veterans' stories to you in a very compelling, human way.

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Tragedy and Farce

Richard Klass | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Obama, Karl Rove, National Security, Veterans, Defense, Obama Defense, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

President Obama has dispelled the myth that Democrats are weak on national defense. Karl Rove understands this. That is why he is attacking the president. This farce won't work. Truth will.

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Obama's Dangerous Approach to Missile Defense

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Obama Administration, Obama, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Defense, Barack Obama, Missile Defense, National Defense, National Security, Missile Defense Shield, Nato Summit 2012, Politics News

By rejecting Obama's position on homeland missile defense, Congress would both ensure taxpayer dollars are used more effectively and our country is well-protected. That approach would be a new way of doing business at the Department of Defense and real change that Americans can embrace.

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Strengthening Trade for Security and Prosperity

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: US/UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty, Security, Military, Defense, Defence, State Department, British American Relations, US UK Relations, Video, World News

The new U.S./U.K. Defence Trade Cooperation treaty ensures that Britain and America can share our world-class defence capabilities more efficiently and more effectively.

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Panetta: Congress 'Put A Gun To Their Heads' By Taking Big Risk

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Video, Congress, Defense, Budget Cuts, Budget, Debt Deal, 112th Congress, National Budget, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta Budget Cuts, Politics News

ABOARD THE USS PELELIU -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told U.S. Marines and sailors on Friday that Congress would be irresponsible if it doesn't ac...

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Militaires tués à Montauban: "Toutes les pistes doivent être examinées"

Le HuffPost/AFP | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Militaires, Armée, Soldats, Société, Défense, Militaire, France, Armée Française, Militaires Tués, Montauban, Soldats Français, DC News

Qui a tué par balles les deux militaires de Montauban? Après la mort des deux hommes ce jeudi 15 mars, "toutes les pistes" doivent être "examinée...

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Time to Leave Afghanistan

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Defense, Military, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, President Obama, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, World News

It's time to leave Afghanistan. We have done our best for the country. We have trained and equipped an army and police force of over 350,000. It is now time to let that force determine its country's future.

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WATCH: Navy Testing Incredibly Powerful Railgun

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Rail Guns, Video, Defense, Rail Gun, Electromagnetic Railgun, Navy, Railguns, Railgun, Guns, BAE Systems, US Navy, Science News

Railguns are not just the stuff of science fiction and videogames. The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that it's testing a prototype of an electromagn...

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Medicaid: Help in Hard Times

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Loan, Junior College, Children, Social Security, Community College, Health Coverage, Children?S Health Insurance Program, Federal Poverty Level, Defense, Insurance, Disabilities, Loans, Student Loan, Chip, Disability, Children's, Low Income, Schip, Grant, Fund, Disabled, Childrens, Poverty, Social Security Disability, Pell Grant, Student Loans, School College, Child Poverty, Education, Chipra, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Higher Education, Pell Grants, President Obama, Safety Net, Michigan, Children's Health, Poor, Poor Children, Working Poor, Poor Families, Politics News

Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.

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Panetta Defends Controversial Plan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Miltary Budget, Video, Defense, Military, Military Cuts, Martin Dempsey, War Spending, Defense Budget, Leon Panetta, Defense Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader on Tuesday defended the Pentagon's slimmed-down, $614 billion b...

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The Hidden Costs of Star Creep: Generals Making More in Retirement Than in Service

Ben Freeman | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, US Military, Retired Generals, 2007 Defense Authorization Bill, Generals, Defense Budget, Military Budget, Military, Defense, National Security, Military Spending, Retired Military, Defense Spending, Star Creep, Military Pension, Politics News

Our troops need to know that in this tight fiscal climate they still have our complete support. Former top commanders raking in seven figure salaries from taxpayers while active duty soldiers bear the brunt of the cuts sends the opposite message.

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McCain, Kyl Unveil New Plan

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Deficit, Congress, Senate, John McCain, Video, Defense, Super Committee, Federal Budget Deficit, Defense Spending, Defense Cuts, Jon Kyl, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Intent on sparing the Pentagon from deep spending cuts, top Senate Republicans on Thursday endorsed legislation that targets federa...

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Pentagon Leaders Outline New Plan To Cut Ground Forces

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Troops, Pentagon Cuts, President Barack Obama, US Troops, Pentagon Budget, Defense Cuts, Pentagon Spending, Barack Obama, Video, Military, Defense, U.S. Ground Troops, Ground Forces, Barack Obama 2012, Leon Panetta, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marin...

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The Devil Is in the Details of the Pentagon's Plan

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Northrop Grumman, Military, Defense, Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Panetta, Boeing, Spending, Budget, War Profiteers, Robert Greenwald, Derrick Crowe, Brave New Foundation, Video, Politics News

Will super-rich war-industry CEOs be able to keep bilking taxpayers out of hundreds of billions of dollars? That's the question everyone should be ask...

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War Industry's Accountants Can't Count

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Defense, Rethink Afghanistan, Spending, War Profiteers, War Costs, Jobs, Robert Greenwald, War Profiteering, Deloitte & Touche, Brave New Foundation, Video, Politics News

The war profiteers' shady lobbying campaign took another hit to its credibility today, as an accounting firm on which they relied to support their bogus "military spending = jobs" argument was cited for severe audit deficiencies.

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New York Times Turns Blind Eye to EMP Threat

James Jay Carafano | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Defense, Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States From Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, Missile Defense, New York Times, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, Emp, Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, Foreign Policy, World News

Times reporter William J. Broad recently pooh-poohed concerns about U.S. vulnerability to an electromagnetic pulse attack. It is the stuff of "science fiction," he implied. Along the way, he gets key facts wrong and omits many others that refute this view. Here are the facts.

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Why I Voted Against the National Defense Authorization Act

Al Franken | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Defense, Detention, Senate, Ndaa, Al Franken, Politics News

Yesterday was the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the passage of a bill provisions that are inconsistent with the liberties and freedoms that are at the core of the system our Founders established wasn't the way to mark its birthday.

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Drone Crash Unmasks U.S. Spying Effort In Iran

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: u.s. Intelligence, Video, Intelligence, Defense, Cia, u.s. Spying, Iran Spying, Iran, Iraq, Iran Drone, Iran Drone Crash, World News

WASHINGTON, December 9 (Reuters / Tabassum Zakaria and Phil Stewart) - The crash of a CIA drone in Iran has brought into the open what U.S. intell...

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Super Congress Fail May Not Hurt Pentagon

AOL Defense | By Colin Clark | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Super Congress, Aol, Super Committee, Defense, National Debt, Aol Defense, Budget Cuts, Congress Super Committee, Pentagon Cuts, President Barack Obama, Defense Cuts, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON: President Obama's defense budget for 2013 implements the start of the $500 billion in budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act but d...

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White House Accuses Senate Of 'Political Micromanagement'

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Detainee Policy, Defense Authorization Veto, National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Authorization, Terrorism, Defense Policy, Indefinite Detention Veto, National Defense Authorization Act Veto, White House Veto, White House Veto Threat, Obama Detainee Policy, Obama Veto Threat, Video, Defense, National Defense Authorization Act 2012, Indefinite Detention, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday accused the Democratic-controlled Senate of "political micromanagement" at the expense of national securi...

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Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle Despite White House Veto Threat

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Detainee Policy, Obama Detainee Policy, Congress, Senate, Video, Pentagon Speding, Defense, Military, National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Bill, Defense Authorization, Terrorism, National Defense Authorization, Terror Suspects, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats and Republicans are pushing for harsher sanctions against Iran's Central Bank as fears of Tehran developing a nucl...

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U.S.-Australia Alliance and China

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Defense, Australia, US Marines, Pacific Ocean, China Military, Asia, Barack Obama, China, US Australia, World News

With China emerging as Australia's largest trade partner, enhanced defense ties with the United States have led some Australian analysts to question the wisdom of aligning more closely with Washington at the risk of angering Beijing.

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Ten Ways To Fix The Philadelphia Eagles

Kelli Gail | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Nfl, Defense, Eagles Lose, Michael Vick Eagles, Buddy Ryan, Football, Phildephia Eagles, Offense, Michael Vick, Andy Reid, Eagles Struggle, Sports News

The Philadelphia Eagles, the big spender in the free agent market this off-season, are a dismal 3-6, and 3 games behind the NFC East division leading New York Giants.

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Deficit-Cutting Committee Deadlocked As Clock Ticks

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Super Congress, Debt, Congress, Federal Deficit, Supercommittee, Defense Cuts, Medicare Cuts, Congress Deficit, Congress Taxes, Deficit, Video, Super Committee, Defense, Super Committee Deficit, Deficit Super Committee, Medicare, Congress Supercommittee, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With Congress' supercommittee stymied, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday of a "paper tiger" Pentagon if the panel fail...

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