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Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened base (www.militarytimes.com)
A Georgia man has filed a class-action lawsuit against KBR and Halliburton, saying the contractors exposed everyone at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to unsafe water, food and hazardous fumes from the burn... More
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More dwell time soon, but stop-loss continues (www.militarytimes.com)
Deploying troops should start to spend more time back home starting as early as this spring, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today. But the Army program known as “stop-loss” that forces... More
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Gates Was ‘Hoping the Question Would Never Be Popped’
(www.truthdig.com)
Fresh off his official introduction as the current and future secretary of defense, Robert Gates took questions at the Pentagon on Monday about his party affiliation, President-elect Barack Obama and... More
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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline!
(washingtonindependent.com)
I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More
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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline!
(washingtonindependent.com)
I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More
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The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
(www.motherjones.com)
Barack Obama's national security team--at this early stage--presents more questions than answers. His selection of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit... More
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Obama Names National Security Team (www.washingtonpost.com)
President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy... More
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Akaka wants DoD, VA to review war-zone toxins (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has asked that the co-chairs of the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Oversight Committee begin a review of... More
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Robert Gates: Wrong Man for the Job
(www.thenation.com)
Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq but , as he told us earlier this year, "I want to end the mindset that got us into war." So it is troubling that a man of such... More
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Obama set to nominate Clinton for Cabinet, sources say (www.cnn.com)
President-elect Barack Obama is planning to nominate at least three key members of his national security team at an event in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, including Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary... More
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