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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 16, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyists, Derivatives, NCAA Tournament, Lobbyist Waivers, Economic Crisis, Alex Quade, Barack Obama, Journalism Awards, Foreign Correspondents, Nate Silver, Credit Derivatives, Unemployment, fivethirtyeight.com, Department of Defense, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Great Depression, Politics News

After the 2008 Election, it was generally decided that Nate Silver, of FiveThirtyEight.com was to be crowned the new God of The Maths and King Kahuna ...

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Extreme Conscription: Recruiting the Taliban for America's Fight

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Department of Defense, Defectors, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Afpak Review, Swat Valley, Holbrooke, Afpak, Taliban, Gao, Fata, State Department, Bruce Riedel, World News
Vikrum Aiyer

While normally the US should exhaust all diplomatic channels, Obama should exercise great caution when it comes to talking with the Taliban, as it comes with one too many concerns.

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Win-Hold-Lose: How the Pentagon is Already Planning the Next Wars

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Pentagon, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, War, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraq, Media, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Americans get worked up at the thought of an extended, massive ground invasion of foreign lands. That's why the future of war is small, scattered, air-oriented, and covert.

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For Veterans, "Happiness is a warm puppy"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Veterans PTSD, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, 9/11, Obama Health Care, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Dogs and Relationships, US Marines, US Army, Gallery, Iraq, Ptsd, Obama Iraq, Style News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Recently, I learned that the comic-strip writer Charles Schulz was a decorated veteran of WWII and experienced severe forms of the shock and melancholy that often results from combat.

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Rebalancing our National Security Strategy

Jonathan Powers | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Department of Defense, Afghanistan, National Security, President Obama, Iraq Veterans, Warwire, Development Projects, State Department, World News
Jonathan Powers

The economic crisis that we face today provides us an opportunity to prioritize this needed change by ensuring that we have a strategic balance in our spending.

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Veterans and the Stimulus

Hal Donahue | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Department of Defense, Economic Stimulus Package, Veterans Affairs, Democratic Party, Chet Edwards, Veterans, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Democrats in Congress support and will continue to support our military and veterans. Join them.

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Shoot First, Ask Questions Later? Say It Ain't So, Mr. President

Tom Andrews | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Troops, Department of Defense, Military, National Security, Afghanistan, Taliban, Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Tom Andrews

We hope that this early display of shoot first, ask questions later will be an anomaly for the new administration.

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Hold the Line on Defense Spending

Gordon Adams | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Politics News
Gordon Adams

The White House has actually proposed increasing defense spending by about 3%. This would represent budget discipline at Defense that has been sorely absent for the past 8 years.

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Pentagon Boosts Spending On PR Efforts, Raises Propaganda Concerns

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leon Panetta, Pentagon, Pentagon Propaganda, Pentagon Analysts, Dod, Defense Department, Department of Defense, Propaganda, Politics News

WASHINGTON — As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing the money it spends to win what it calls "the human ter...

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The Terrorists are Coming, Warns Missile Defense Lover Cheney

Melissa Rossi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global War on Terror, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Budget, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Melissa Rossi

Word says Obama will slash the arms budget by 10 percent -- and Cheney's beloved missile defense program (the number 1 budget priority in the defense budget) is under the guillotine.

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Out of Iraq in 16 Months: Yes We Can -- Yes We Must

Tom Andrews | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lawrence Korb, Ryan Crocker, Dan Senor, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Andrews

Wavering on his promise to withdraw from Iraq in 16 months could damage the credibility of Obama's claim that his election represented fundamental change.

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Gates: Ethics Rules May Be Doing Harm

Tribune | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Ethics, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Raytheon, William Lynn, Obama Administration, Obama William Lynn, Bill Lynn, Politics News

In his testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary Bob Gates certainly didn't talk specifics about the controversial nomina...

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Rethinking American Defense Strategy

Robert Mackey | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, White House, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Military, Politics News
Robert Mackey

My issue with the status of American defense is, "What is the proper role of senior military and civilian leaders in dealing with armed conflicts?"

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DoD Seeks Software to Trick Soldier's Kids Into Believing They are Talking to Their Parents

Bob Ostertag | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Department of Defense, Ceremonial Bugle, Military, Virtual Reality, Flat Daddies, Military Personnel, Flat Daddy, Technology, Breaking News, What-, Politics News
Bob Ostertag

The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would allow small children whose parents are in Iraq or Afghanistan to "interact" with a virtual version of their missing parent.

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Welcome to Chaos, General Shinseki

Hal Donahue | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Economic Development, Obama, Senate Confirmation, Health Care, Eric Shinseki, President Elect Obama, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News
Hal Donahue

A patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital, I am constantly seeking to educate and assist veterans and returning military concerning access to benefits and opportunities. The news is not good.

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Sam Stein

Obama Staffs Defense, Danzig's Future Up In Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Obama Staffer, Robert Gates, Obama Staff, Richard Danzig, Obama Department of Defense, Obama Defense, Department of Defense, Gates Deputy, Robert Gates Pentagon, Deupty Secretary of Defense, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Foggy Bottom, Deputies, Politics News

The Obama transition team announced on Thursday afternoon the staffing of key positions in the Department of Defense, ending a process that proved a b...

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Regarding Panetta: Let's Not Forget About Gates

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Department of Defense, Cia, National Security, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Central Intelligence Agency, Dni, Leon Panetta, Dianne Feinstein, Director of National Intelligence, CIA Torture, Leon Panetta Obama, Barack Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Bush Administration Torture, Panetta Torture, Obama Cabinet, Dennis Blair, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Torture, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Placing an inexperienced person like Leon Panetta at CIA for his clean hands and "managerial expertise" will cost lives on the day of the next domestic terrorist attack.

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Time for Action

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Don't Ask Don't Tell, US Military, Human Rights Report, Department of Defense, Proposition 8, President Obama, Rick Warren, H.R. 1246, Army Recruitment, Frank Rich, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, State Department, President Clinton, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Obama has long been a supporter of lifting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but since the election, fairness, justice, and civil rights for the LGBT community seems to be delayed.

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Sam Stein

Pentagon Problems: Obama Runs Into Delays Staffing Defense Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Deputies, Gates Deputy, Deupty Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Obama Department of Defense, Barack Obama, Obama Defense, Obama Staffer, Hillary Clinton Foggy Bottom, Robert Gates, Robert Gates Pentagon, Obama Staff, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama has run into some difficulty staffing the top rungs at the Department of Defense, with the expected short tenure of Secre...

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The Military Coup of 2012 Revisited

Bernard I. Finel | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: American Security Project, Military, Department of Defense, Iraq, Counter-Insurgency, World News
Bernard I. Finel

The United States has not undertaken a serious defense policy review since the Cold War. We have not paused to ask the most basic question, which is what precisely our military is for in this day and age.

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Potentially Lethal: Increased Relationship Between Military And Aid

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Department of Defense, Elizabeth Ferris, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Humanitarian Intervention, Catholic Relief Services, American Red Cross, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, Brookings Institution, State Department, Humanitarian Aid, Interaction, US Foreign Policy, Military Civilian, Usaid Policy, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Who will have the final say if U.S. foreign policy and development goals conflict with military objectives in unstable countries?

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Change Out at Defense

Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Duke Basketball, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Coach K, Basketball, Defense Department, Defense Secretary Gates, Politics News
Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz

In a sport Obama loves, there is an analogy which captures the changes needed at the Department of Defense. For DOD to equip itself for 21st century threats it needs to learn to be both the big man and the point guard.

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U.S. Military Now in the Christian Reality TV Business -- Putting Muslim Interpreters in Christmas Pageants

Chris Rodda | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Department of Defense, Evangelical Christians, Afghanistan, Discovery Channel, Iraq, Mikey Weinstein, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Religion, Video, Politics News
Chris Rodda

Today, legitimate reasons to justify the military's participation or assistance in entertainment productions range from making the military look cool to aid in recruitment and retention effort.

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Bush: On the Line

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, George Bush, Bill of Rights, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Department of Defense, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Enron, Auto Industry, Fannie May, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

President Bush and his henchmen are working overtime to ensure that the full extent of damage inflicted upon detainees never sees the light of day.

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Defense Budget '09: Still Fighting the Soviets, or Preventing Genocide?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left, US Military, Department of Defense, National Security, Somali Pirates, Genocide, Progressives, Mumbai, Obama National Security, Defense Spending, Peacekeeping, Cold War, Pentagon, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Obama Defense Spending, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

We have to do something about our current situation. We're spending more and more on defense and purchasing less and less security for it.

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