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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
Winslow T. Wheeler

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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Who's Leading the DADT Debate?

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

it is one thing to give the Pentagon considerable weight and another thing altogether to let it dictate the timing and terms of the debate, and the final decision.

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What Can Be Done Now on DADT

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama White House, Congress, Colin Powell, Speaker Pelosi, Gallup Poll, The New Republic, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sam Nunn, Obama Pentagon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Discrimination in our armed forces carries a potent symbolism: It tells an entire class of people that the country is not interested in their service.

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Air Force Boots Their 25 Million Dollar Aviator (He's Gay) VIDEO

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaf, US Military, Congress, Lara Jakes, President Obama, Associated Press, Admiral Mike Mullen, Lt. Dan Choi, Air Force, Obama Pentagon, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Gays in the Military, Victor Fehrenbach, Geoff Morrell, Video, Robert Gates, Rachel Maddow, Dadt, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The Air Force is about to discharge this guy, a virtual poster boy for recruiting, because he is gay? Someone has to be kidding. This is sheer madness.

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Guantanamo Meets Geneva Rules: Pentagon

New York Times | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions at the Guantánamo Bay detention center concludes that the prison complies with the h...

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Obama And Iraq: Getting Withdrawal Plan From Service Chiefs

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iraq, Obama Pentagon, 100 Days, Obama Iraq Service Chiefs, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Iraq Plans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the fight against terrorism is "uppermost on our minds" as he takes over management of wars in Iraq and...

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Obama At Pentagon: Visiting Wednesday To Talk Iraq, Afghanistan

Washington Post | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is scheduled to visit the Pentagon tomorrow afternoon, where he is to meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other military lead...

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Obama May Tear Down Wall Between NASA And Pentagon

Bloomberg | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.'s civilian and military space programs to speed up a miss...

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Guns, Butter, and Obama

Conn Hallinan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Obama Transition, US Military, Obama Pentagon, Barack Obama, Military Budget, Politics News
Conn Hallinan

The combination of lobbying and PAC money that pours into election coffers every two years gives the arms industry enormous influence.

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Obama Ousting Top Bush Pentagon Officials

Washington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Although President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon will provide a measure of continuity for a milita...

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A Progressive Case for Gates

Max Bergmann | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Politics, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Robert Gates, Obama Defense Secretary, Robert Gates Obama, Obama Defense, Obama National Security, Robert Gates Iraq, Obama Pentagon, Obama Defense Spending, Politics News
Max Bergmann

In keeping Gates, Obama is actually indicating that he is very serious about instituting significant reform of the Pentagon.

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Pentagon Brass Impressed With Obama, Hopeful He Won't Be Like Bush

Washington Post | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no Po...

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Pentagon Briefing Obama On Key Decisions

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will give President-elect Barack Obama's transition team a rundown of "key decision points" it will face in his first ...

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Obama's Cabinet: Leaning Towards Keeping Gates, Advisers Say

WSJ | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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The WSJ reports: President-elect Barack Obama is leaning toward asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in his position for at least a year,...

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Pentagon Board To Obama: You Have To Cut Defense Budget

Boston Globe | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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A senior Pentagon advisory group, in a series of bluntly worded briefings, is warning President-elect Barack Obama that the Defense Department's curre...

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McCain's Double Standard on Campaign Visits to Military Bases

Brandon Friedman | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Pentagon, Barack Obama, Obama Troops, Obama Germany, Obama Ramstein Visit, Obama Pentagon, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

McCain is demonstrably criticizing Obama for following a Pentagon rule to which the McCain campaign itself has been subjected recently. That's a fact.

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