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By Kim R. Holmes | April 29, 2009
The budget submitted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has sparked a badly needed debate about America's future defense. Some hail it as prudent, but it's too prudent by half. Savings should not trump security. He claims that his budgetary decisions reflect strategic judgments rather than cost-cutting or political pressures. Yet many of the cuts look suspect. Rather than making hard choices, he would slash programs that are unpopular with the Democratic leadership in Congress. In defense, money should follow strategy.
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By Jill Rosen | September 2, 2008
Gas prices. Gas prices. Gas prices. Is that all you and your friends are talking about? Now you can take it online. Fuelly.com, a Web site launched last month, allows drivers to track their gas mileage and compare the results not only with their friends, but with people worldwide. After three weeks, 5,932 people had joined the site, which is free, to follow the performance of nearly 7,000 vehicles. People all over the country are filling up their Fords, Mazdas, Pontiacs and Jeeps and then logging on to Fuelly to record the amount of gas they pumped into the car, how much it cost and how many miles they drove since their last trip to the gas station.
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By Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi | July 11, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran - A two-day Iranian show of force through the launching of medium- and long-range test missiles was meant to strike fear in the hearts of the country's rivals. Instead, many officials and experts played down Iranian war games near the Persian Gulf as more propaganda than peril yesterday. News reports emerged indicating that Iran had doctored a photo of the launches, and experts questioned whether the tests revealed any new Iranian capability to strike Israel or other U.S. allies and interests in the Middle East.
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March 7, 2007
The vice president's chief of staff lied, made a false statement and obstructed an investigation. Those acts may have prevented prosecutors from getting to the bottom of the Valerie Plame Wilson case. They strongly suggest that he was attempting to divert the investigation - because there was something to hide, and someone to protect. One of the jurors who convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. yesterday spoke on the courthouse steps after the verdict had been delivered. He described how the jury had been frustrated at having to stand in judgment of Mr. Libby when it was clear that others had also been involved in revealing Ms. Wilson's identity as a CIA agent, in what was plainly an attempt to lash back at her husband, Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. The issue was Iraq.
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By Stephanie Shapiro | November 26, 2006
Anyone with Internet access can inspect the gewgaws adorning Jeanne Griffen's refrigerator on the photo-sharing site Flickr.com. There are images of Griffen as a child and at her wedding, a discount coupon, a Nightmare Before Christmas marble magnet and three postcards by illustrator Mister Reusch. Also affixed to the fridge are a note to her husband -- "Shut Door Tight" -- and the couple's work schedules: typical kitchen bricolage. A self-described "average woman," Griffen sends photos often to Flickr and posts stories about cat Lola and husband Phillip on her popular Honey Bunny blog.
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December 18, 2005
China's manufacturing cost advantage, growing research and development efforts and millions of science and engineering graduates are helping Beijing rapidly catch up with the United States' high-tech capabilities - posing not just an educational and economic challenge but also a potential military threat. Let's connect some of the dots: Almost half the states are doing a poor job setting high enough academic standards for science in their public schools, according to a report recently released by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
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By John Hendren | July 14, 2002
WASHINGTON - A secret Pentagon plan for the next five years directs the military to focus more of its spending to combat Afghanistan-style threats and weapons of mass destruction and to develop even greater precision-strike capabilities, according to a document reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. The "Defense Planning Guidance" for 2004-2009 puts into action the Pentagon's plan to replace a Cold War-era strategy of being able to fight two major-theater wars at the same time with a more complex approach aimed at dominating air and space on several fronts.
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By Borut Grgic and Alan Isenberg | April 30, 2002
WASHINGTON - The trans-Atlantic partnership has taken a step backward. With a few exceptions, camaraderie following the Sept. 11 attacks has faded, and what was viewed as an opportunity for multilateralism and cooperation has given way to new bickering and tension. The Europeans are openly annoyed with what they perceive as American simplicity and obsession with military might, while the Americans are growing tired of a "toothless" Europe timid in its engagement abroad. The tensions do not come without precedent.
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By George F. Will | December 20, 2001
WASHINGTON -- Recoiling from the carnage of the static warfare of 1914-1918, a few French officers, including a young major named de Gaulle, argued that tanks were going to be crucial in the mobile warfare for which Germany was preparing. However, French military leaders were averse to change. Patrician cavalry officers said, "Oil is dirty, dung is not," and one general said tanks would require mechanics, many of whom would be communists. The price of such obduracy was paid in 1940, when the Wehrmacht required just six weeks to roll from the Rhine to the Champs Elysees.
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January 6, 1999
Carroll County senior citizens fearful of making even short trips because of possible emergency or security risks may borrow a cellular telephone with 911 capabilities.The phones can be used to summon emergency help, but are not programmed to receive or make other calls, say authorities from the county's Bureau of Aging and state's attorney's office.Phones can be checked out of the state's attorney's office in the courthouse annex, 55 N. Court St.Information: Lynette Brewer of the Bureau of Aging, 410-848-4049, or Gary Cofflin of the state's attorney's office, 410-386-2671.