Rep Ellen Tauscher

Gates Grounds the Airborne White Elephant Laser

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airborne Laser, Robert Gates, Center for Defense Information, Missile Defense, President Obama, Pork Barrel Spending, Boeing Company, President George W. Bush, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Boeing 747, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Now reporting to President Obama, who favors weapons programs that are effective and affordable, Gates is finally free to say that many of these programs don't work.

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Don't Let an Ambush Happen Again, Mr. President

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Congress, Amy Brian, Colin Powell, Samm Nunn, President Obama, Admiral Mike Mullen, Iraq, Rotc, Kansas National Guard, House Armed Services Committee, Dadt, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Todd Belok, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, President Clinton, US Navy, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

If President Obama plans to keep his campaign promise, the White House and the Pentagon had better get on the same page now, and be ready to face the tough questioning sure to come.

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More Dwell Time for Our Troops

Bobby Muller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dwell Time, Military, Veterans, Veteran PTSD, Iraq PTSD, Mental Health Advisory Team, War, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Iraq, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Video, Politics News
Bobby Muller

This bill, which would restore an approximately 1:2 ratio of time deployed to time at home, will help ensure that our brave soldiers have the time they need to rest, recuperate, and retrain.

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