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Clock is ticking on aging B61 bomb, StratCom chief says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2001

Now Not Just CUNY Hates Petraeus After Cops Punch Out Peaceful Protesters 8 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 39 3816

Ted Rall Cartoon for September 21st, 2013: Too Much Firepower 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2242

Army Vet Fighting in Syria Gets Plea Deal 0 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1645

US Embraces Cruel Dictators Who Host the Navy and Supply Our Oil 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1837

UPDATE 1-Pentagon test-fires two ($25+ million) SM-3 missiles on one target 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2393

Don't Be Fooled, Says Israel, Bomb Iran Instead 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2204

Pentagon wants Guantánamo fiber-optic cable to someday serve Cuba 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1835

Academics join CUNY protests against David Petraeus as NYPD arrests six students 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2057

Pentagon deletes Twitter account for joking about movie theatre bombing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1770

Counting the Afghan Dead: America's 'Unconscionable Oversight' 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1761

Remains of MIA special forces soldier identified 4 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2292

Navy Yard shooter latest in series of servicemen booted from military but still able to buy guns 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1859

NATO 'Conducting Investigation' into Drone Strike That May Have Killed a Dozen Civilians 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1705

Afghanistan, corruption and Karzai 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1645

Dempsey has doubts about probing mental health 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1968

After a ride to parliament in golden carriage, Dutch king declares end to welfare state 13 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 28 4719

Sequestration Blues 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1844

Police say JBLM soldier admitted to stalking at least 50 young women and teenagers this year 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1892

Political donations from vets scammer downplayed 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1770

Shootings at military bases shake sense of security 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1631

The US and Its Imperial Status to the World 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1678

U.S. could be left behind on infrastructure, Biden says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1994

Pakistan Taking Its Case against US Drone Attacks to the United Nations 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2056

The Hubris of the Syria Interventionists 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1988

Inside the Pentagon's Trillion Dollar F-35 Embarrassment 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1935

Missiles In Vermont: Wrong Place For A(nother) Bad Idea 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1612

Next Step for Peace in Syria—Stop the “Lethal Aid” 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1601

VA’s reputation for health care takes a thrashing 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 2133

Who Spends Two-Thirds of Their Salary on Guns and War? The US Government, That's Who 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2538

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As awareness grows, more sailors report sex assault 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1917

Renouncing the Right to Bear Drones 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1632

DARPA’s Plan to Flood the Sea With Drones, Carrying More Drones 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2016

Navy to delay $4 billion contract for next carrier 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2342

Boeing delivers last C-17 to U.S. Air Force 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1900

British Have Premier Industrial Position on F-35 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1862

$10.5B of Canadian work on F-35 fighter jets at risk without order: Lockheed Martin 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2150

Veterans face another backlog as a quarter-million appeal disability claims 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1947

Navy To HASC: We’re About To Sign Sub Deals We Can’t Pay For 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1700

Thirst for the East 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1728

Afghans caught between terror and graft 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1528

Guantánamo judge makes secret ruling on secret motion in secret hearing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 1697

Syria chemical weapons attack not ordered by Assad, says German press 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2455

Pentagon adjusts plans for more intense attacks on Syria 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1672

Obama Needs To Convince the World; What Is the Weinberger Doctrine? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1620

Obama Could Set the Middle East Ablaze 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3440

Congress Could now Alter our Militarized approach to the Middle East– But likely Won’t (Bacevich) 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1559

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor's Legal Fees 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2092

The Pivot to Africa, The Startling Size, Scope, and Growth of US Military Operations on the African 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2064

Why Can't They Keep Their Dicks In Their Pants? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2899

Republicans Are Torn Between Their Racist Hatred of Obama and Eternal Love of Bombing the Crap Out o 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1842

The War or Nothing Tunnel Vision 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1579

THE ROVING EYE: Dogs of war versus the emerging caravan 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1532

The Repetition Compulsion for War -- and How It Might Fail This Time 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1852

(Military) Base vulnerable to more big cuts 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1903

The costs and doubts keep growing for carrier Ford 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1521

Does Sequester Limit Options for Actions Against Syria?--No Preventive Presence! 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1533

I Am Not 'War-Weary' 7 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 14 2340

Navy Needs Supplemental Cash If Syria Strikes Last Past September: CNO 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1571

‘Breach of Trust,’ by Andrew J. Bacevich 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1606

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More bad news for DOD audit-readiness 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1529

Pentagon Is Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria With a Focus on Forces 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1564

Feds Feed Families 2013 Campaign a Success 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1556

CNO Details Navy's Fiscal 2014 Budget Realities 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1693

Lawmakers warn military cuts will hinder Syria strike plans 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2103

Another $100,000,000 Down The Toilet 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2460

57 v. 43 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 1710

Navy to commission ($5+ billion dollar) sub Minnesota on Saturday 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1795

Canada’s Full F-35 Cost Could Climb To $71 Billion – DND Report 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1492

MiG-35 Matches The F-35 In Delays 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1677

Lockheed braces for program cuts, delays due to U.S. budget woes 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1492

On Syria: The U.S. Is No Lone Ranger and Should Put That Six Shooter Away 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1672

A US attack on Syria will Prolong the War 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1540

The Lie of "Limited War" in Syria 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1733

wow...can you believe this? 17 AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 4074

Pentagon buying official forecasts much tougher 2014 for defense contractors 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1808

I know that there are many former sailors and airmen here at DU. 5 Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1991

Who wins in Syria? Why, the world's arms makers, of course 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2959

Military’s handling of sex assault cases on trial at Naval Academy rape hearing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1607

To The Members of Congress; Are you the Worthless Cowards You Seem to Be? 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2038

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