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Michele Bachmann May Face Lawsuit Over 'Religious Freedom in The Military' Campaign 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2123

Sen. McCain Slams $2.5B Carrier Cost Increase; Navy Struggles To Fund SSBN-X, Destroyers 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2142

Air Force Crisis: Sex, Nukes And Leadership 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2342

Guantánamo is not an anomaly — prisoners in the US are force-fed every day 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 5 2006

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA - And then there was one 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1708

Decade after Iraq, hawks reunite over Syria 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 1726

KARZAI'S CIA BUNDLES - The hand that scolds also bribes 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1817

Navy Can’t Calculate Littoral Combat Ship’s Operating Costs, Says GAO Draft 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2122

Gen. Odierno: Budget Crunch Will Render Army Unready For Syria & Hybrid War 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1989

Over 600,000 veterans caught in messy bureaucracy awaiting pending claims 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1836

Anchorage Marine rapist walks without prison time 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2389

More $$$ Down The Afghanistan Money Pit 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1713

MI6 'handing bundles of cash to Hamid Karzai' 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1797

Study: Care for veterans at risk of suicide inadequate 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1750

Navy Ship (LCS) Can’t Meet Mission, Internal U.S. Report Finds 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2769

Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Finds 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1748

NATO probes charges of misconduct in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1689

Milley takes command in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2205

Survivor of Baghdad fratricide saw gunman's boots and knew "it's one of our people" 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1942

AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2042

A Soldier's Story: Bush, Cheney and the Lies That Killed 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 7 1978

Why is Obama withholding secret torture report from Americans? 4 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 9 2454

Air Force sexual assault prevention officer arrested for fondling woman 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 7 2155

Robot Top Gun: Navy X-47B Drone Rehearses Carrier Landings 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2108

Ducking the Full Costs of War: The Ongoing Scandal Called the Veterans Administration 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1690

4 Big Pushers of War in Iraq Now Gunning for Intervention in Syria -- Consequences be Damned! 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2035

Motor vehicle crashes: A little-known risk to returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2091

From the Lion's Den: An Open Letter (and Invitation) to Vietnam Veterans 4 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2763

A Hundred Hungry Men at Guantánamo 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1738

Not Ready for War Drones 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1839

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Authorization for Use of Military Force: a blank check for war without end 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2001

Chuck Yeager: F-35 Not The Right Stuff 3 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 3446

Pentagon Uses the Upcoming "Man of Steel" Superman Movie to Promote New F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2794

April Iraq's deadliest month in almost five years 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1988

Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1732

VA backlog follows veterans to the grave 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 11 2338

US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1850

Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2042

'The Point of No Return': Should Robots Be Able to Decide to Kill You On Their Own? 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2606

Sec Army McHugh Says No Choice But Accept Apache Transmission Swaps; Line Would Have Shut Down 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2471

CODE BLUE for the Pentagon’s $1.5 Trillion F-35 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2439

Another sales pitch for F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2028

'Torture Reinforcements' Not 'Medical Personnel' Arrive to Combat Gitmo Hunger Strike 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2497

Afghanistan blames opium surge on global demand 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1824

Distorted Priorities: Military Spending vs. People's Health 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2067

VA withholds disability claims executives' bonuses 10 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2988

Washington's nuclear hypocrisy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1799

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists 5 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2496

Guantanamo gets extra medical staff as hunger strike continues 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1869

Israeli Aerospace reaches deal with Lockheed to make wings for F-35 next generation warplane 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2038

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2254

Thomas Gibbons-Neff: With Boston bombs, the war comes home 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2504

Claim: Kan. pill mill tied to soldier overdoses 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1849

Young war veterans struggle to find jobs 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2069

War against Taliban being won in Afghanistan: Dunford 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1800

A post-history strip tease (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1707

Pentagon Claims $757 Million Overbilling by Contractor in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1837

Bomb kills 3 Afghan policemen; Taliban claims it's the first attack of its spring offensive 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1853

WWII vet who provided flag on Iwo Jima has died 1 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2076

Red Cross arrives at Guantánamo as hunger strike hits 100 mark 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1779

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Affordability priority for F-35 program 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2018

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.25.2013 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2013

Commentary: F-35 program is a shambles 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2716

Air Force Secretary Donley Resigns; Female SAIC Prez Rumored Next In Line 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2600

Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The Transmission In, And Pull It Out A 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2688

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.23.2013 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2151

Software problems could delay F-35's delivery beyond 2017 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2515

Norway extends period for buying F-35 fighter jets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2144

Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1830

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.26.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1860

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.24.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2143

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.22.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1851

U.S. military faulted for burn-pit use 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2209

US Accused of Skirting Responsibilities for Egregious Philippine Reef Disaster 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2229

F-35 Plans Attack Civilians 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2247

Panelists say post-traumatic stress disorder can't be cured, can only be managed 6 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2655

Drones Over The Homeland: Mission Creep, Lack of Accountability, Boosterism, and More Coming 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2017

Pentagon’s budget cuts could slow F-35 program, Congress told 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2045

Opa-locka (FL) field was once the site of secret CIA base 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2042

Military says Guantánamo hunger strike grows again 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1693

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