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"Why the Pentagon ‘buried and killed' a study on potential cost savings" PBS NewsHour 12/6/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  Leaders at the Department of Defense periodically conduct efficiency reviews, looking for ways to cut costs.  One such report,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo / APAs evidence piles up that Russia actively tried to tilt the presidential election to Donald Trump, the big flash point over a potential US response won't just be between that nation and the United States -...

Rex Tillerson, chief executive of ExxonMobil. Photo / BloombergSo far, US President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks have mostly been either multimillionaire and billionaire executives or retired generals.In that context, it's probably less of a su...

US Congressman and Marine veteran Ruben GallegoA US congressman and Marine veteran, who fought with invading American forces in Iraq, has said he will stand by his bid to oppose retired Marine General James Mattis as the next defense secretary despit...

US State Department spokesman Mark Toner (file photo)The United States cannot guarantee that the weapons it sends to militants in Syria will not end up in the hands of the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, says the State Department.When asked if the...

US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo / APThis time, the Kremlin didn't even bother to deny the allegations that it helped Donald Trump win.It let the US President-elect's team do the talking."Some in the United States are still trying to challenge...

US President-elect Donald Trump (L) speaks to reporters as he stands alongside retired Marine Corps General James Mattis after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in New Jersey. (Photo by AFP)The Pentagon is drawing up p...

The file photo shows US-led troops in Afghanistan.The United States military says it will deploy an armored brigade and an aviation brigade totaling about 2,300 soldiers to Afghanistan this winter.The Pentagon made the announ...

Stimuleaza fluxuri energetice aurul monoatomic?În anul 2002, un satelit geostaționar american care avea la bază tehnologia bionică și a undelor de formă, face o descoperire care va bulversa lumea științifică, politică și religioasă.Într-...

The Pentagon building (file photo)The US Defense Department has buried a study that revealed a $125 billion waste of administrative funds, fearing it would prompt Congress to cut the military budget, according to a new report.Released in January 2015...

Anon HQ Megacities, climate change, living habitats, dysfunctional social functions and the “remaining 1% represents the threat of 100,000,” are the context of a pentagon sponsored video revealed by The Intercept. The narrator speaks of...

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 2054HOTLINE NOT WHAT IT USED TO BEWashington, D.C. (JFK+50) "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back." No, that's not the sentence JFK practiced typing in the Oval Office, but it is the first test message...

Pentagon Press Secretary Peter CookThe Pentagon has called for an immediate de-escalation in clashes between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces, saying the fighting is “unacceptable” and a "source of deep concern."Ankara launched a bloody offe...

Comment: This is an unimaginable amount of money. They're at it again..."materially misstated". Talk about the rise of DoubleSpeak! --------------------RTThe Pentagon failed to account for $6.5 trillion in its financial statement, a recently-recover...

One of my favorite quotes come from John Maynard Keynes, "when the facts change, I change my mind" (see Goodreads for a list of my favorite quotes).   This has now happened regarding my opinion of Julian Assange and Wikileaks.1. When Assange and...

This file photo taken on January 27, 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito being photographed in a laboratory of control of epidemiological vectors in San Salvador. (AFP)The Pentagon says 33 members of the US military, including a pregnant woman,...

US surveillance Boeing OC-135B aircraft (file photo)The Pentagon says a US military aircraft has had an emergency landing in a Russian airstrip near the Chinese border because of landing gear malfunction.The incident occurred on Wednesday when the la...

Joint Direct Attack Munitions, guidance kits that convert existing unguided bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions. (US Navy photo)...

US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein (AFP photo)A veteran US senator has censured Pentagon efforts to develop a new offensive nuclear weapon despite a recent rhetoric by the American president in Japan about a future free of nuclear arms.“The [US...

Pentagon Press Secretary Peter CookThe United States has called on Russia not to target US-backed militants in southern Syria, a Pentagon spokesman has said.US military officials "expressed strong concerns about the attack on the coalition-supported...

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