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12 2nd, 2009| 
AP – The man who built Blackwater USA into one of the world’s most respected and reviled defense contractors feels that he was thrown under the bus after serving the nation’s security interests for years. Read the rest of this entry »
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AFP – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
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AFP – Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS threatened to pull out of a multi-billion-dollar tanker contract, accusing the Pentagon of favoring its rival Boeing. Read the rest of this entry »
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AP – Northrop Grumman Corp. said on Tuesday it won’t bid on a huge contract to make a new Air Force tanker plane unless the Defense Department changes the rules. Read the rest of this entry »
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AFP – Each and every meal prepared for US soldiers at the sprawling Bagram military base in Afghanistan costs about 28 dollars a head — more than most Afghans earn in a month. Read the rest of this entry »
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AFP – A special tax? War bonds like those that fueled the US military in World War II? A spending freeze? US lawmakers wondered aloud Tuesday how to pay for a new “surge” in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »