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Chuck Yeager: F-35 Not The Right Stuff 3 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 3 3650

Pentagon Uses the Upcoming "Man of Steel" Superman Movie to Promote New F-35 Fighter Jet 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 2 2931

April Iraq's deadliest month in almost five years 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2133

Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1878

VA backlog follows veterans to the grave 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 11 2523

US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guant�namo, lawyer says 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 1987

Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2209

'The Point of No Return': Should Robots Be Able to Decide to Kill You On Their Own? 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2814

Sec Army McHugh Says No Choice But Accept Apache Transmission Swaps; Line Would Have Shut Down 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 1 2622

CODE BLUE for the Pentagon�s $1.5 Trillion F-35 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2599

Another sales pitch for F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 2162

'Torture Reinforcements' Not 'Medical Personnel' Arrive to Combat Gitmo Hunger Strike 2 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 2747

Afghanistan blames opium surge on global demand 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1963

Distorted Priorities: Military Spending vs. People's Health 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2236

VA withholds disability claims executives' bonuses 10 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 3436

Washington's nuclear hypocrisy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1952

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists 5 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2761

Guantanamo gets extra medical staff as hunger strike continues 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2009

Israeli Aerospace reaches deal with Lockheed to make wings for F-35 next generation warplane 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2209

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2420

Thomas Gibbons-Neff: With Boston bombs, the war comes home 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2703

Claim: Kan. pill mill tied to soldier overdoses 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1996

Young war veterans struggle to find jobs 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2240

War against Taliban being won in Afghanistan: Dunford 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1937

A post-history strip tease (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1810

Pentagon Claims $757 Million Overbilling by Contractor in Afghanistan 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1969

Bomb kills 3 Afghan policemen; Taliban claims it's the first attack of its spring offensive 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1988

WWII vet who provided flag on Iwo Jima has died 1 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2225

Red Cross arrives at Guant�namo as hunger strike hits 100 mark 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1903

Affordability priority for F-35 program 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2187

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Military Contracts Awarded On 4.25.2013 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2201

Commentary: F-35 program is a shambles 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2976

Air Force Secretary Donley Resigns; Female SAIC Prez Rumored Next In Line 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2800

Army Plays Shell Game With Unfinished Apache Helicopters: Put The Transmission In, And Pull It Out A 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2876

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.23.2013 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2362

Software problems could delay F-35's delivery beyond 2017 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2691

Norway extends period for buying F-35 fighter jets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2283

Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1976

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.26.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2003

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.24.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2278

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.22.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2002

U.S. military faulted for burn-pit use 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2401

US Accused of Skirting Responsibilities for Egregious Philippine Reef Disaster 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2383

F-35 Plans Attack Civilians 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2471

Panelists say post-traumatic stress disorder can't be cured, can only be managed 6 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2956

Drones Over The Homeland: Mission Creep, Lack of Accountability, Boosterism, and More Coming 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2175

Pentagon�s budget cuts could slow F-35 program, Congress told 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2202

Opa-locka (FL) field was once the site of secret CIA base 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2199

Military says Guant�namo hunger strike grows again 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1831

'Terrorism' and the Perpetual Emotion War Machine 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2169

Do you know a Vet down on his or her luck? 0 Omaha Steve Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1770

NATO, Eucom Commander Outlines Challenges Ahead 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2034

Another hearing in case of US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1934

Army To Congress: If You Can't Stop Sequester, At Least Slow It Down 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2058

277 Million Boston Bombings 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2340

Brokaw: We Need to Examine Drone Policy as a Motivation for Terrorism 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2045

Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2617

Gitmo Dilemma Remains a Monkey on the Back of US Democracy 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2624

Soldier pleads guilty to murdering five colleagues in Iraq 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2264

Where did they find the money to send troops to Jordan? 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2556

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Marine Corps and Camp Lejeune water contamination...... 2 mrmpa Apr 2013 Apr 2013 3 2981

Nearly half of Guant�namo prisoners now on hunger strike 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1918

US National Security State Fails in Boston: Brothers Tsarnaev Victorious! 6 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 3232

Despite Track Record, US Hires Contractor to Provide Troops to UN Haiti Mission 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2362

Why We Should Reduce the Defense Budget 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1953

Imperial Overreach: Forces Driving Pentagon Spending and US Asia-Pacific Military Strategies 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2713

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.19.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2283

Airman woke up as he was being raped 2 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2731

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.18.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1880

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.17.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 7566

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.16.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1999

Military Contracts Awarded On 4.15.2013 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2142

After Airstrike, Afghan Points to C.I.A. and Secret Militias 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2143

Study Finds Sharp Rise in Attacks by Taliban 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2021

Beneficiary RX co-pays would climb for a decade 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1869

Madigan health task force shut down 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2006

Cutting the Pentagon Budget: A Step to Curbing Climate Change and Healing the Planet 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1898

April 25: A Historic Day to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1876

Guant�namo hunger strike count reaches 63 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1882

Apache Helicopter: Congress Asks Army Why It's Accepting Unfinished AH-64Es 3 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 3089

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