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Costs of U.S. wars linger for over 100 years 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 2099
CJCS Gen. Dempsey Signals Strategy Change; Cites Sequestration, Decline Of State Power, Technology S 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2003
JLENS: Blimp Battle Continues With Letter From Rep. Robert Andrews 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1942
Love Letters To Robots: Why Marines Extended K-MAX In Afghanistan (EXCLUSIVE) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1874
DoD report: Value of F-35 student training is limited (DOCUMENT) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2193
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.18.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2149
US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1704
(USS Guardian) End of an Illegal Maneuver 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2683
Fail! The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can't Fly in Cloudy Weather 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 7 2824
Not the Navy’s Favorite Artist Rendering 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2402
The Catch 22 of Ending Sexual Violence in the US Military 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1790
Maine Army Guard troops haunted by Agent Orange 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1921
BAE Storms Hill For Bradley Funding To Keep Penn. Plant Alive 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2006
Raytheon's 'Tippy Two' Radar Gets Back In The Budget -- Knock On Wood 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2393
Salvage team begins cutting of USS Guardian’s engine room 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2183
Lackland trainer guilty in rape 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2067
The A-Bomb and the F-35 Debacle 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2367
Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2061
Insight: Expensive F-35 fighter at risk of budget "death spiral" 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2141
Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2007
F-35 program too big to fail 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1708
British study: Young soldiers more likely to commit violent crimes 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1739
Marylander who died of rabies contracted disease from kidney transplant 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2013
Nato troops in Afghanistan 'in a similar situation to failed Soviet invasion' 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1814
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.15.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2416
Scientists confirm Marines’ poisonous Camp Lejeune water wells date back to mid-century 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1812
CIA may target Syrian extremists with drones: LA Times 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2061
Study: Iraq War Cost U.S. $2.2 Trillion, Claimed Nearly 200,000 Lives 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 1796
Court: CIA cannot continue to deny basic information on drone program 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1714
Millions went to war in Iraq, Afghanistan, leaving many with lifelong scars 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2671

Veterans Continued...

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U.S. pledge to help Iraqis who aided occupation largely unfulfilled 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1878
By the Order of the Black Colonels 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1969
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.14.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1784
Gohmert: ‘Vietnam was winnable,’ but ‘people in Washington decided’ to lose 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2082
Middle East in turmoil 10 years after Iraq invasion that officials said would bring peace 5 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2434
'Army Has It Worst' In Budget Crunch: DoD Comptroller Robert Hale 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2356
Private Security Guard Kills U.S. Soldiers 2 douglas9 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2244
3 men focus of veterans charity scam 0 white cloud Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2023
Sequester Will 'Gut' DoD Modernization; Navy's SSBN-X, Long Range Strike, Other New Starts In Peril 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2093
CNO Adm. Greenert Emphasizes Navy's Bright Future, Not Budget Crisis 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3031
Moving mountains of war gear home from Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1932
Defense strategy emerges for U.S. soldier accused of fratricide in Iraq 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1649
CIA's one-time Lao base still shrouded in secrecy 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2627
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.13.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2162
(VA) Whistleblower Accuses Government Of Neglecting Suicidal Veterans And Suppressing Science 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2052
US Claims No Indefinite Detention at Guantánamo 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1716
Kill Anything That Moves 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1855
Military rape victims: Stop blaming us 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 6 3025
F-35 Debacle: No End In Sight 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1910
Fact-finding group recommends charges vs USS Guardian crew 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1866
Salvage work on USS Guardian reaches halfway mark 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2721
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.12.2013 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1980
U.S. nukes to remain in South (Korea) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1747
Afghanistan faces cash hole 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1816
Hagel orders halt to production of drone pilot, cyberwarrior medal 0 douglas9 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 1845
Former VA Researcher Raises Ethics Concerns 0 pinboy3niner Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1712
GCV And Beyond: How The Army Is Gettin' Heavy After Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2435
A Sexual Predator 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1978
CIA ramps up role in Iraq 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2125
UPDATE 1-U.S. Air Force defends Afghan plane contract award 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1748

Veterans Continued...

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One of First Iraq Veterans to Publicly Oppose War Will Die for Our Sins 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2034
The rough road ahead for Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1774
Desperate times: Marines told to 'save every round' 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2198
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.11.2013 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3101
10 Companies Profiting Most From War: 24/7 Wall St. 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2047
VA’s ability to quickly provide benefits plummets under Obama 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1932
How Americans were swindled by the hidden cost of the Iraq war 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 7 2030
New Calls For Bush War Criminals To Face Justice 29 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 68 7881
As U.S. troops prepare to leave, they rush to teach Afghans to hunt for roadside bombs 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1705
Lockheed Martin's Herculean Efforts to Profit From Defense Spending 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1726
Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1717
Pakistan supply routes open, but move gear slowly into Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0
Air Force erases drone strike data in Afghanistan war report just one day after Rand Paul's filibust 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2890
$875M computer center coming to Fort Meade 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 3513
Military Contracts Awarded On 3.8.2013 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 3 2696
Di Fi thinks we are all crazy 5 sarisataka Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2850
No Program Left Behind - A Quick Look At The JSF 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2170
America Is Plagued by Zombie “Experts” Who Are Invariably Wrong on Foreign Affairs 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 4 2239
F-35’s ability to evade budget cuts illustrates challenge of paring defense spending 1 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2336
Exclusive: Retrofits to add $1.7 billion to cost of F-35 - GAO report 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1733
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