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F-35 maker hires ex-general who led NATO Libya mission 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1904

Should Cruise Missiles Target Saudis? 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1753

Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair's court-martial on sexual assault allegations delayed, Fort Bragg s 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2130

Afghan Warlord: 'The West Must Give Us Our Weapons Back' 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1785

Pakistani drone victims’ lawyer says U.S. blocked his visit to Congress 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1459

Can I ask for a little help. 7 FreedRadical Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2375

Pentagon warns soldiers they might not be paid on time because of Congress 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1969

Clock is ticking on aging B61 bomb, StratCom chief says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1875

Now Not Just CUNY Hates Petraeus After Cops Punch Out Peaceful Protesters 8 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 39 3553

Ted Rall Cartoon for September 21st, 2013: Too Much Firepower 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2165

Army Vet Fighting in Syria Gets Plea Deal 0 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1543

US Embraces Cruel Dictators Who Host the Navy and Supply Our Oil 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1731

UPDATE 1-Pentagon test-fires two ($25+ million) SM-3 missiles on one target 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2204

Don't Be Fooled, Says Israel, Bomb Iran Instead 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2011

Pentagon wants Guantánamo fiber-optic cable to someday serve Cuba 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1713

Academics join CUNY protests against David Petraeus as NYPD arrests six students 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1914

Pentagon deletes Twitter account for joking about movie theatre bombing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1679

Counting the Afghan Dead: America's 'Unconscionable Oversight' 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1624

Remains of MIA special forces soldier identified 4 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2112

Navy Yard shooter latest in series of servicemen booted from military but still able to buy guns 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1728

NATO 'Conducting Investigation' into Drone Strike That May Have Killed a Dozen Civilians 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1538

Afghanistan, corruption and Karzai 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1542

Dempsey has doubts about probing mental health 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1843

After a ride to parliament in golden carriage, Dutch king declares end to welfare state 13 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 28 4381

Sequestration Blues 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1684

Police say JBLM soldier admitted to stalking at least 50 young women and teenagers this year 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1712

Political donations from vets scammer downplayed 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1660

Shootings at military bases shake sense of security 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1480

The US and Its Imperial Status to the World 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1567

U.S. could be left behind on infrastructure, Biden says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1866

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Pakistan Taking Its Case against US Drone Attacks to the United Nations 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1939

The Hubris of the Syria Interventionists 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1807

Inside the Pentagon's Trillion Dollar F-35 Embarrassment 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1822

Missiles In Vermont: Wrong Place For A(nother) Bad Idea 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1484

Next Step for Peace in Syria—Stop the “Lethal Aid” 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1498

VA’s reputation for health care takes a thrashing 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1921

Who Spends Two-Thirds of Their Salary on Guns and War? The US Government, That's Who 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2289

As awareness grows, more sailors report sex assault 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1722

Renouncing the Right to Bear Drones 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1524

DARPA’s Plan to Flood the Sea With Drones, Carrying More Drones 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1908

Navy to delay $4 billion contract for next carrier 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2199

Boeing delivers last C-17 to U.S. Air Force 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1792

British Have Premier Industrial Position on F-35 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1741

$10.5B of Canadian work on F-35 fighter jets at risk without order: Lockheed Martin 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1988

Veterans face another backlog as a quarter-million appeal disability claims 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1855

Navy To HASC: We’re About To Sign Sub Deals We Can’t Pay For 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1611

Thirst for the East 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1645

Afghans caught between terror and graft 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1434

Guantánamo judge makes secret ruling on secret motion in secret hearing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 1566

Syria chemical weapons attack not ordered by Assad, says German press 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2234

Pentagon adjusts plans for more intense attacks on Syria 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1563

Obama Needs To Convince the World; What Is the Weinberger Doctrine? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1527

Obama Could Set the Middle East Ablaze 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3329

Congress Could now Alter our Militarized approach to the Middle East– But likely Won’t (Bacevich) 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1466

Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor's Legal Fees 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1925

The Pivot to Africa, The Startling Size, Scope, and Growth of US Military Operations on the African 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1944

Why Can't They Keep Their Dicks In Their Pants? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2789

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 1715

The War or Nothing Tunnel Vision 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1456

THE ROVING EYE: Dogs of war versus the emerging caravan 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1417

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The Repetition Compulsion for War -- and How It Might Fail This Time 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1747

(Military) Base vulnerable to more big cuts 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1743

The costs and doubts keep growing for carrier Ford 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1440

Does Sequester Limit Options for Actions Against Syria?--No Preventive Presence! 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1451

I Am Not 'War-Weary' 7 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 14 2093

Navy Needs Supplemental Cash If Syria Strikes Last Past September: CNO 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1466

‘Breach of Trust,’ by Andrew J. Bacevich 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1513

More bad news for DOD audit-readiness 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1455

Pentagon Is Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria With a Focus on Forces 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1469

Feds Feed Families 2013 Campaign a Success 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1466

CNO Details Navy's Fiscal 2014 Budget Realities 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1594

Lawmakers warn military cuts will hinder Syria strike plans 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1942

Another $100,000,000 Down The Toilet 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2252

57 v. 43 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 7 1624

Navy to commission ($5+ billion dollar) sub Minnesota on Saturday 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1684

Canada’s Full F-35 Cost Could Climb To $71 Billion – DND Report 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1407

MiG-35 Matches The F-35 In Delays 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1610

Lockheed braces for program cuts, delays due to U.S. budget woes 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1423

On Syria: The U.S. Is No Lone Ranger and Should Put That Six Shooter Away 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1568

A US attack on Syria will Prolong the War 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1460

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