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• In Defense Contract Dispute, Obama Administration Again Violates Promises of Transparency Tue Apr 2
  George Landrith
  The ongoing saga that has been the Air Force’s questionable management of the Light Air Support (LAS) contract has taken yet another seemingly unprecedented turn. ... more
• Young Hacktivists Worse Than DOJ Drone Killers? Mon Mar 25
  Katie Kieffer
  Pause and reflect on this hypocrisy: The Department of Justice prosecutes young hackers who use computers to promote free speech while highly educated adults within the DOJ threaten to use lethal drone force against American citizens without due process. Which is worse? ... more
• The Clarity of the Obama Sequester Wed Feb 27
  Hugh Hewitt
  President Obama's sequester -- he designed it, he demanded it, and it is about to kick in -- will have many consequences, some bad, some very helpful. ... more
• Filibuster Broken: Senate Overwhelmingly Advances Hagel to Final Vote Tue Feb 26
  Guy Benson
• Obama's Defense Secretary Nominee Suffers Setback Fri Feb 15
  Washington, D.C.
  Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel became the third cabinet nominee ever to be successfully filibustered, and as Nancy Cordes reports, it came at the hands of his former Republican colleagues. ... more
• Democrats Step Up for Big Business Defense Contractors Wed Feb 6
  Kevin Glass
• Opposition Softens on Obama Cabinet Nominees Mon Jan 28
  Kevin Glass
• Dem Senator: Hagel Will Be Confirmed Sun Jan 13
  Kate Hicks
• Hagel and Defense Thu Jan 10
  Cal Thomas
  Biography isn't policy. President Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two purple hearts from a war many opposed and many more tried to avoid. ... more
• A Petty Decision by Obama Wed Jan 9
  Jonah Goldberg
  It's official. President Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John Tower (R-Texas) more than 20 years ago. ... more
• Obama Sending Wrong Signal to Our Enemies Wed Jan 9
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - President Obama's is putting together a new national security team at the Pentagon and the CIA that is said to be designed for an era of downsizing. ... more
• Chuck Hagel Is a Choice To Irritate the GOP Tue Jan 8
  Debra J. Saunders
  Though Obama lauded Hagel for representing "the bipartisan tradition we need more of in Washington," I think that what the president really meant is that Hagel is his favorite kind of Republican, the self-loathing kind. ... more
• Chuck Hagel as a 'Teachable Moment' Tue Dec 18
  Frank Gaffney
  Sen. Hagel has been an outspoken champion of controversial and even radical policies firmly embraced by Mr. Obama during his first administration. Worse yet, they are likely to be priorities for his second term now that the President has, as he put it in his overheard side-bar with Russia's Dmitri Medvedev last March, "more flexibility." ... more
• The Folly of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Spy-Hiring Spree Tue Dec 4
  Rachel Marsden
  Whereas President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, waged war the old-fashioned way, with troops and tanks, Obama has been busy outsourcing the dirty work of protecting and furthering America's interests to CIA drones, private contractors, local mobs with ties to terrorists, and even the French. ... more
• Governor: Department of Defense setting up free emergency mobile fuel stations in NYC area Sat Nov 3
  AP News
• Republicans Shouldn’t Treat Pentagon Spending as Sacred Tue Sep 18
  Julie Borowski
  The U.S. National Debt has surpassed $16 trillion. Out of control spending habits of both Republicans and Democrats got us into this fiscal mess. The only way out is through dramatically slashing spending across the board—no exceptions. ... more
• Panetta: We'd Seek "International Approval," Not Congress', to Act in Syria Thu Mar 8
  Kate Hicks
• Homeland Security May Still Be Able to Legally Monitor the Internet Sat Feb 18
  Katie Pavlich
• Michelle Obama Now Trying to Control What the Military Eats Fri Feb 10
  Katie Pavlich
• Get Lean: Obama's Defense Strategy Pares Down MIlitary Thu Jan 5
  Kate Hicks
• Army's New Toy: Strike Anywhere on Earth in One Hour Fri Nov 18
  Katie Pavlich
• Why Defense Stocks Could get Crushed in Coming Years Sat Nov 5
  David Sterman
  Cuts in military spending already have the support of most Democrats, but a rising number of deficit hawks in the Republican Party are willing to trim Department of Defense (DoD) spending as well. ... more
• Missing WW II airmen to be buried at Arlington Fri Oct 21
  AP News
• Pentagon turns to Silicon Valley for leads Fri Oct 14
  Reuters News
• Gay military personnel ready for 1st convention Fri Oct 14
  AP News

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