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• Following up on ABCs shoddy reporting about Fort Hood shooting suspect

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 612
  Several days ago I noted that ABC News reporting on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasans - the alleged Fort Hood shooter- ties to terrorists was extremely dubious, lacking any specifics, and stoking anti-Muslim... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Global Positioning Systems – What Are They?

  
  GPSReviewsBlog.com — Authority: 141
  Global Positioning Systems (GPS) is a satellite navigation system to determine the location, time, and direction. Set in place by the United States Department of Defense. In its early days, GPS technology was implemented to track military planes and ships. On the water or in the air without landmarks it can be easy to ...
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• DOD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For October 2009

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 442
  The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for active and reserve components for October 2009: Active Duty Recruiting for October 2009.   All four services met or exceeded their recruiting goals.  -The Army had 6,914 accessions, making 101 percent of its 6,858 goal. -The ...
  19 hours ago

• Military Casualty Report

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 442
  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom: Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine ...
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• Senior Executive Service Reassignments

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 442
  Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service reassignment: Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been assigned as director, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.  Fitzgerald previously served as auditor general, U.S. Army Audit Agency, Washington, D.C.
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• Socrates, Islam and Conscientious Objectors

  
  A Philosopher's Blog — Authority: 129
  Image via Wikipedia In 2009 Major Hasan is alleged to have killed 12 soldiers and one civilian at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. In 2007 he presented “The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military” During his presentation he said that “it’s getting harder and harder for ...
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• Military News Update

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 442
  Many of the soldiers wounded in last week’s shooting spree at Fort Hood will be attending today’s memorial ceremony honoring their fallen comrades. Two men are safe today after the Coast Guard rescued them from an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. November is a time set aside for the Department of Defense to ...
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• Afghanistan: The Pentagon (and US Companies) Dig In for “Long War”

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 633
  Afghanistan: A US-Pakistan Deal? Karzai Stays, Talks with the Taliban The US in Afghanistan: “The Long War” Still Waits for a Strategy Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis Writing ...
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• Contracts for November 09, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Contracts for November 06, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• My Home Town: Fort Hood, Killeen

  
  Domestic Divapalooza — Authority: 422
  My Brother Chris sent me an instant message yesterday telling me to turn on the news. It was about what was happening on Fort Hood. I sat frozen watching yesterday as the events unfolded. I couldn’t log into my Facebook account so immediately began the texting process from my Mobile Phone. Yes, Fort Hood Killeen ...
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• Navy CIO Sees Future in Cloud Computing

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  By Kevin L. Jackson , Vice President at Dataline During this week’s Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloud computing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs will both leverage cloud computing, he ...
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• Fort Hood: a tragedy, not Islamic Jihad...

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 612
  The drooling, knuckle-dragging racists calling themselves Americans are busy bashing Muslims and Islam over the Fort Hood shooting. It appears, however, that the shooter - who joined the military... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Contracts for November 05, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 125
  United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) 2007 Geospatial Achievement Award Presented at Hall of Fame Dinner on 24 OCT 07; largest IC conference of the year; over 3,000 attendees and 130 companies Dr. Swen Johnson was recognized with this prestigious geospatial academic research ...
  6 days ago

• Exclusive: Pentagon Pursuing New Investigation Into Bush Propaganda Program

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 612
  The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used retired military analysts to produce positive... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Because, as we all know, Military Spending Doesn’t Count

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 689
  New York Times : The nation’s top military officer said Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask Congress in the next few months for emergency financing to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though President Obama has pledged to end the Bush administration practice of paying for the conflicts with ...
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• A Waste of Fine Infantry

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 612
  Posted by Jeff HuberSo this platoon comes back to an Afghan village it hasn’t visited in three months. One of the village elders tells the platoon commander, Lieutenant Thomas Goodman, "We ask you... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Second TRICARE Protest Sustained For Health Net Raises Issues With Whole Process

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 143
  A second of the three protests for the TRICARE management contracts awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense earlier this year was sustained....
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• New Hybrid Military-State Dept. Agency Proposed: Blessing or Boondoggle?

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 769
  U.S. troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan (photo: startledrabbit_III via Flickr) When a large corporation decides that an unsaleable subsidiary business’s operations are no longer serving its interests, it folds up shop. It cherry-picks the best people and redeploys them elsewhere, and then it cuts costs by eliminating ...
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