Gates warns against wasteful military spending
                   
iht.com     May 13, 2008            

Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a clear warning to the military and its industrial partners on Tuesday that expensive, new conventional weapons must prove their value to current conflicts, marked by insurgency and terrorism, if they hope for a place in future budgets. In his most direct... [read full story]                    


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Idaho Air Guard returns home

theolympian.com     12 mins ago          

The Associated Press • Published August 07, 2008 About 200 members of the Idaho Air National Guard are back home. The airmen arrived back at Gowen Field in Boise Thursday after a 45-day deployment in Afghanistan in support of...                    

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Andy Worthington: Salim Hamdan's Sentence Signals the End of Guantanamo

huffingtonpost.com     22 mins ago   1 related          

In a decision that will shock those watching the conclusion of the first full US war crimes trial since the Nuremberg Trials, the military jury that yesterday convicted Salim Hamdan of providing "material support for terrorism"...                    

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Guantanamo military jury sentences bin Laden's driver to 5½ years for aiding terrorism

chicagotribune.com     34 mins ago   380 related          

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) _ A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least...                    

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Protective Products of America, Inc. Announces Bridge Buy with the Marines and Amended Credit...

yahoo.com     35 mins ago   4 related          

Thursday August 7, 6:00 pm ET Symbol: CEP (transitioning to PPA) August 7, 2008 Exchange: TSX SUNRISE, FL, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Protective Products of America, Inc. ("PPA"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of...                    

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