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The Pentagon: Where The Fat's At
(www.theittlist.com)
Will Obama have the guts and good sense to rein in this country’s runaway military spending? In These Times Contributing Editor Frida Berrigan offers a great primer on this crucial topic over at... More
Submitted about 4 hours ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Friendly fire: Lying to the mother of a dead soldier
(www.salon.com)
On Dec. 4, 2006, U.S. Army Pfc. Albert Nelson was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, in an apparent friendly-fire incident. As first described in Salon, interviews with soldiers and a graphic battle video seem... More
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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline!
(washingtonindependent.com)
I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More
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Critics question plans to deploy 20,000 troops in U.S. for domestic security
(coloradoindependent.com)
Civil libertarians and plain old libertarians are sounding the alarm over Pentagon plans to station 20,000 uniformed troops stateside to respond to domestic “catastrophes,”including nuclear,... More
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Sympathy for Charles Graner
(www.salon.com)
The detainee held on charges related to the so-called war on terror is clad in an orange jumpsuit. His wrists are shackled to a leather belt cinched tight around his waist. A short chain connects his... More
Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Afghanistan in Crisis
(www.truthdig.com)
The collapse of Afghanistan is closer than the world believes. Kandahar is in Taliban hands—all but a square mile at the centre of the city—and the first Taliban checkpoints are scarcely 15 miles... More
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Who Rules the Pentagon?
(www.motherjones.com)
[Note for Readers: With this post, TomDispatch closes for the Thanksgiving holiday. We'll be back next Monday. By the way, to listen to an audio interview about Obama and the Pentagon with today's... More
Submitted 8 days ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |
Report: Gates Remaining at Defense ‘A Done Deal’
(washingtonindependent.com)
ABC News reports that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will remain on the job in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration for at least a year, quoting a source who described the process as... More
Submitted 8 days ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |
Custodians of Empire
(www.thenation.com)
The Obama national security "team" -- part of that much-hailed "team of rivals" -- does not yet exist, but it does seem to be heaving into view. And so far, its views seem anything but rivalrous.... More
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Gates to Keep the Reins of War
(www.truthdig.com)
Multiple news outlets, from ABC to Fox, now confirm that Robert Gates will retain his post as secretary of defense for at least the first year of the Obama administration. The president-elect will... More
Submitted 8 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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