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The Pentagon's Black Hole

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, DOD Inspector General, Financial Management, Waste, Defense Spending, Pentagon Budget, Gao, Defense Budget, Obama Pentagon, Politics News

It's not that DOD is flunking audits. You flunk an audit when you track the money and find it was not spent as intended. DOD cannot track the money; the Department of Defense is unauditable.

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365 Days and Still Thanking Jesus

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Negotiation, Governance, Afghanistan, American Democracy, Peacebuilding, President Obama, Narrative, Middle East, Cold War, Defense Budget, Government, Facilitation, Military, Climate Change, One Year Later, Conflict Resolution, Barack Obama, Timidity to Govern, Politics News

In looking at Obama's first year, we must not fall into the typical trap that pits idealism against pragmatism, where the virtuous line up against the effective, and the purists fight the negotiators.

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What Now, Icarus? Is Western Combat Aviation Falling Out of the Sky?

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jet, Defense Budget, Lockheed, Robert Gates, Joint Strike Fighter, Joint Estimating Team, Pierre M. Sprey, Winslow T. Wheeler, F-35, Politics News

The future of Western combat aviation today rests largely on one airplane: The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

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The Constructive Effects of Public Exposure

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Spending, Pork, Support the Troops, Earmarks, Defense Budget, House Armed Services Committee, Winslow T. Wheeler, Politics News

After the practice was publicly identified in recent debates, the Congressional Armed Services Committees seem to have reduced one of their own more obnoxious, anti-defense, pro-pork activities.

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The Pentagon Kluge That Refuses to Die

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-22, Robert Gates, Earmarks, F-22 Raptor, Congress, Pork, Defense Spending, Defense Budget, Winslow T. Wheeler, Politics News

After a long fight, Gates and President Obama ultimately prevailed this summer in ending further F-22 production. Game over. Right? Anyone who thinks so doesn't appreciate the staying power of Congress' porkers.

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Support Our Troops: The Senate Porkers' Approach

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Senate, John McCain, Defense Spending, Pork, Earmarks, Defense Budget, Defense Appropriations, Politics News

In 30 years on Capitol Hill, I never saw Congress mangle the defense budget as badly as this year. Despite that, I see signs that we might be on the cusp of a change for the better.

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Senate Passes Pentagon Budget, War Funding Bill

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Pentagon, Defense Budget, House, Afghanistan, Billion, Obama, Iraq, Defense Spending, Republicans, Defense Spending 2010, Democrats, Barack Obama, Senate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bi...

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Who Owns Congress?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Bernie Sanders, Big Oil, Health Care, Defense Budget, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Politics News

How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?

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Defense Secretary Scores Spending Cuts, But Not Satisfied: "It Would Be Nice To Win Our Current Wars"

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, US Military, Afghanistan, F-22, Weapons, Defense Budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Military Spending, US Military Spending, Iraq, Robert Gates, Defense Department, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last? The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins...

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The F-22 and the Iron Triangle: A Two-Legged Stool Cannot Stand

Gordon Adams | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fighter Aircraft, Dod, Congress, F-22, B-1-Bomber, Obama on Defense, Defense Budget, Defense Procurement, Politics News

For a major program to emerge, thrive, and survive, it takes three players: the service that wants and will advocate for the program, a contractor for whom the program is major business, and members of Congress.

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Senate Beats Back Military-Industrial Complex In Historic Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: F22, War Funding, Obama F22, F-22 Raptor, F-22, Defense Budget, Military-Industrial Complex, Transparency, Politics News

President Obama won a major victory in the Senate Tuesday in a dogfight that has major, long-term implications for his agenda. The Senate, by a vote ...

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Defense Contractors Lobby For More F-22s, Obama Threatens Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Budget, Lockheed Martin, Military-Industrial Complex, Boeing, F-22 Raptor, Saxby Chambliss, Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Transparency, Politics News

The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...

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Common Sense vs. the Military-Industrial-Political-Complex on the Floor of the U.S. House Today

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Army, Military, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Appropriations, F-22, Pork, Iraq, Democrats, Defense Budget, House Armed Services Committee, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.

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The Victory of the Neoconservatives

Bernard I. Finel | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Robert Gates, Defense Budget, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, Politics News

Let us make no mistake; the new defense budget unveiled earlier this month marks the final victory of the neoconservative worldview.

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Obama Defense Contractor Battle Only Just Begun: AP

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-22, F-22 Raptor, F-22 Cuts, Defense Contractors, Obama Defense Contracts, Defense Contracting, Defense Department, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Gates F-22, Gates Budget, Defense Budget, Obama Defense Budget, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has chalked up a quick victory in its drive to kill an expensive jet fighter better suited for the Cold Wa...

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Does the Afghanistan War Represent Graveyard Thinking?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taliban, Defense Budget, Pakistan, Afghanistan War, Hamid Karzai, Obama-War-in-Afghanistan, Taliban-Pakistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Camillo Bica, Afghanistan Road Building, Gerald Warner, Tom Engelhardt, Politics News

Why is America becoming so deeply involved in the mess that is Afghanistan?

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Scritti Politti: April 9, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, John McCain, 2012 Watch, Cnn, Fearmongering, Mitt Romney, Meghan Mccain Book Deal, Meghan McCain, Defense Spending, National Organization for Marriage, Rick Sanchez, Defense Budget, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Hello. Please to enjoy the following remix of the NOM "Gathering Storm Of Gay Marriage" commercial! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Meghan McCain's media s...

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Lockheed Beats Boeing In Defense Budget

bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Defense Spending Lockheed Martin, Boeing Lockheed Martin, Defense Lockheed Martin, Defense Spending, Defense Budget, Lockheed Martin Boeing, Defense Spending Boeing, Business News

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. had the "best outcome" from the U.S. Defense Department's proposed budget announced this week, with Boein...

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Scritti Politti: April 7, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Department of Defense, Jake Tapper, Allen Stanford, Abortion Rights, NCAA College Basketball, Roe vs Wade, Defense Budget, Video, Detroit Lions, Detroit, Matt Drudge, Defense Spending, Robert Gates, Mark Halperin, Rick Warren, Politics News

It's been so long since I've bothered to read The Page that yesterday's instance of Mark Halperin using Time magazine as a venue for his kindergarten ...

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Pentagon Purging Contractors, Hiring Thousands Of New Employees

Government Executive | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Gates Defense Budget, Robert Gates, Pentagon Budget, Defense Budget, Pentagon Contractors, Politics News

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended major changes in the Pentagon's procurement priorities and acquisition practices, and said the de...

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Getting Warmer

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Cold War, Defense Budget, Truthdig, Barak Obama, Terrorism, Military Spending, Lobbyist, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Politics News

While Obama promised an end to the Iraq disaster, he once again left open the door to the United States being trapped in an even more treacherous quagmire in Afghanistan.

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Wasteful Weapons and the Politicians Who Love Them

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, B-2, Dr. Strangelove, Curtis LeMay, Tanker, Stealth, Pornography of Power, Defense Budget, Midair Refueling, John McCain, Politics News

The DNC's attack on McCain speaks volumes to the bipartisan gut-checking in favor of military waste that has led us to squander trillions of taxpayer dollars since 9/11.

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What Makes McCain Tick?

Robert Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Robert Scheer, Campaign '08, Barack Obama, Republican, Vietnam War, Pornography of Power, Candidate, Defense Budget, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

Will the real John McCain stand up? Actually, I don't expect him to, now that he is the Republican presidential candidate, he is pandering to the irrationalities that drive his party.

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