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• Dick Cheney - a moral vacuum

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 582
  Before I cite former VP Cheneys latest expression of his inner monstrosity, let me remind you of just some of what the Cheney administration did with Afghanistan and Iraq. I call it the "Cheney... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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• Israel To Buy The F-35 If Their Conditions Met

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 438
  Israel would like to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to add modern, stealthy aircraft to its fleet of F-15 and F1-6 aircraft. As with the previous generation of United States aircraft they would also like the ability to integrate their own electronics and weapon systems on it. The Israelis have done this ...
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• Boeing EA-18G Growler to advance to full rate production

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 439
  The Boeing EA-18G Growler was approved to advance into Full Rate Production (FRP) by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on Nov. 23. The St. Louis-based EA-18G program now can proceed from Low Rate Initial Production to FRP quantities of approximately 20 aircraft per year.
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• House Committee to Hold Hearing on Army Contracting Scandal

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 133
  Back in August, I wrote a post on a WaPo article about George Raymond, a former Army official with the Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM), and allegations that Raymond steered government contracts to his friends and then broke ethics rules by taking a comfortable job in the contracting industry afterwards. ...
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• Contracts for November 30, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 438
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Department Of Defense Orders 2,200 PS3 Gaming Consoles For Supercomputer

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 732
  When the Department of Defense wanted to upgrade one of their supercomputers they didn’t call Intel, AMD or another specialty microprocessor maker, instead they simply ordered 2,200 PS3 gaming systems. According to BoingBoing the DoD ordered the PS3 consoles to add more power to their PS3 supercomputer, a ...
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• Sunday’s Food4Thought

  
  Food for Thought... — Authority: 131
  [Sundays Food4Thought is a recap of the past weeks events in case you didnt have time to watch the news,read the paper, or otherwise be a well-read or tuned-in human being.]A) The biggest story coming out of D.C. this week was the passing of Abe Pollin.  Whenever someone passes whether they’re close to me or ...
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• Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer [Military]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 513
      Apparently the Department of Defense believes that PS3s are a better value when it comes to supercomputers than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose. More here: Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer [Military]
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• Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer [Military]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 885
  Apparently the Department of Defense believes that PS3s are a better value when it comes to supercomputers than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose. Granted recent price drops probably didnt hurt in justifying a 2,200 console order either. This isnt the first time that the DoD is using PS3 consoles ...
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• ENERGY: Increased energy consumption tied to an increase in troop casualties

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 414
  Christopher Helman has an interesting piece at Forbes.com regarding the military and energy consumption. In addition to other energy consumption issues within the military, he highlights an interesting study that correlates fuel consumption with troop deaths. From Forbes.com (emphasis added): If President Obama ...
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• Web hits 40; future is ‘like air’

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 138
  The Internet, the information system that has changed the way we learn, conduct research, do our jobs and connect socially, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. What is now a worldwide phenomenon sprang from a humble network of four university computers, which were part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s ...
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• Around The Services

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 487
  We look at the strides DOD is taking in the social and emotional care of military children. Plus, servicemembers deployed during Thanksgiving enjoy a taste of home.
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• Follow the Red Balloon…to Fortune and Glory!

  
  Science Cheerleader — Authority: 129
  From Dr. John: To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internets, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the DARPA Network Challenge , a competition that will explore the role of social networking in communication, team building, and group mobilization. The challenge is to be the first ...
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• For U.S. Military, More Oil Means More Death

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  HOUSTON - If President Obama decides to send another 20,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, the Department of Defense will also have to figure out how to send along another half-million gallons of fuel a day to support them. Since the end of World War II, the use of petroleum-based fuels has risen 175% to 22 gallons per ...
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• This Week In The Pentagon

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 487
  New research and awareness efforts by the Department of Defense to help stop the global spread of HIV/AIDS, plus a military father and son deal with the invisible injuries of war.
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• Obama outsourcing war crimes to Blackwater in Pakistan

  
  Corrente — Authority: 624
  Jeremy Scahill in The Nation : At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda ...
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• Contracts for November 25, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 438
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• US Navy Successfully Tests Cloud Based IaaS

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 531
  By Kevin L. Jackson , Vice President at Dataline Last month as part of the Navy’s annual Trident Warrior exercise, Dataline, LLC successfully demonstrated, that a standard shipboard communications infrastructure could be used to manage a commercial cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform. ...
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• Fast Company Article Describes Hollywoods Help to Prepare Soldiers for Roadside Attacks

  
  MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL — Authority: 125
  The FastCompany.com November 8, 2009, article by Alissa Walker headlined "Inside the IED Battle Drill: How Hollywood Is Prepping Soldiers for Roadside Attacks" begins: So," the smiling publicist asked cheerily, "do you want to get blown up, or not?" Not a question I routinely get asked when reporting stories. But ...
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