Pentagon

Senate OKs $680 Billion-Dollar Spending Bill

Senate OKs defense bill, 68-29 T H EĀ  H I L L By Roxana TironĀ  10/22/09 04:20 PM ET The Senate on Thursday sent the massive 2010 Pentagon policy bill to the president’s desk for signing. The Senate approved the bill authorizing $680 billion in defense spending by a vote of 68-29. For the first […]

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US Looks to Hackers to Protect Cyber Networks

(AP) WASHINGTON D.C. By LOLITA C. BALDOR Apr 18 Wanted: Computer Hackers Buffeted by millions of digital scans and attacks each day, federal authorities are looking for hackers – not to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation’s networks. General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of […]

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The Official Failures of Rebuilding Iraq

Official history details failures of rebuilding Iraq INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE By James Glanz and T. Christian Miller Sunday, December 14, 2008 BAGHDAD: An unpublished, 513-page federal history of the U.S.-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and […]

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Blackwater Guards Charged With Manslaughter

Dispatch from Baghdad THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (God Bless You Guys) Iraqis applaud charges against Blackwater guards The shooting that killed at least 17 in a Baghdad traffic circle last year resonates strongly among Iraqis, who believe it was unjustified and are eager for justice. By Tina Susman and Usama Redha December 10, 2008 Reporting […]

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