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Nuclear weapons are the U.S.’s instruments of peace 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2083

Vietnam independence hero who defeated American and French armies General Giap dead at 102 3 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2165

Isolationists Score While Hagel Scrambles To Maintain US Power; Lockheed To Furlough 3,000 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1593

Exploding fuel tankers driving Army to solar power 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1571

Dutch Treat For the F-35 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1615

New Study Fuels Debate Over F-35 Safety 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1595

Defense Execs Predict Production Halts If Fed Shutdown Stretches To Mid Month 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1668

Only the Interests of the World’s Leading Superpower America Are Served by the JSF 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1523

Watchdog Finds 719 Problems with the Pentagon’s F-35 Program 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1961

Tomgram: Ann Jones, Americans Can't Remember, Afghans Will Never Forget 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1621

Battles Without End‘Thank You for Your Service,’ by David Finkel 0 groovedaddy Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1503

Report: Military Lost Control of F-35 Contractors, Errors Abound 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2004

Two U.S. generals fired after security lapse at Afghan base 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1690

What a Government Shutdown Means for Veterans 0 AsahinaKimi Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1986

So... what are we looking at in terms of veterans with a government shutdown? 5 Silver Gaia Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2360

Attention: DISABLIED VETERANS 0 AsahinaKimi Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1991

Pentagon could cut thousands more employees, save $50 billion, says study by former chiefs 18 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 4681

8 Most Exceptionally Dumb American Achievements of the Twenty-First Century 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2108

LEFT BEHIND: US Scrapping $7B in Military Equipment in Afghanistan to Protect War Profiteers 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 4286

Army orders ban of malaria drug mefloquine 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2246

Fessing Up to Our Imperial Footprint 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1750

Poison Gas, Poison Values, Poison History 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1548

Oh, No, Not Peace! 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1541

Is Iran out of the US War Queue? The Twilight of the Hawks 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1522

No. 2 nuclear commander in the Navy relieved in probe over fake gambling chips 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1793

Who Will "Punish" Us? Photographs and Testimony about United States' Use ***graphic pix*** 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 21 8007

Mental health leading cause of military hospital stays 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1588

Pentagon finalizes $7.8 billion in F-35 contracts with Lockheed 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1953

The Pentagon's biggest, baddest - and costliest - piece of hardware ever 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1794

Pentagon Mocks Sequester with New Millions Wasted 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1548

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China Says J-31 Fighter Will Compete With F-35 for Sales 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 3707

Owner of region's largest painkiller clinics banned from practicing medicine while N.C. Medical Boar 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2294

2 U.S. Army vets accused of plot to kill DEA agent 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1815

Weapons of Mass Destruction (F-35) Wanted? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1558

Carrier Theodore Roosevelt needs more repairs 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1829

Report: Defense spending likely to drop 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1577

Surreal Afghanistan boardwalk fading into memory as U.S. troops withdraw 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2609

Dear President Obama: Some American Exceptionalism is nothing to be Proud Of (Engelhardt) 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1878

Why The Army Wants To Ban Tattoos 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2480

Wounded veterans at Walter Reed give wheelchair lacrosse a try 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1726

My Turn: Dangers of an F-35 crash 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1951

The Relationship between American Peace-Keeping and Terrorism 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2762

Military commanders investigated for mishandling Army’s ‘lost’ Medal of Honor nomination 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1724

Lockheed F-35 Quality Failings Cited by Inspector General 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1596

F-35 Fighter Jet Noise Unbearable In Vermont 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2086

F-35 fighter’s issues adding up 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1964

F-35 maker hires ex-general who led NATO Libya mission 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1985

Should Cruise Missiles Target Saudis? 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1809

Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair's court-martial on sexual assault allegations delayed, Fort Bragg s 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2214

Afghan Warlord: 'The West Must Give Us Our Weapons Back' 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1841

Pakistani drone victims’ lawyer says U.S. blocked his visit to Congress 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1495

Can I ask for a little help. 7 FreedRadical Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2584

Pentagon warns soldiers they might not be paid on time because of Congress 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2194

Clock is ticking on aging B61 bomb, StratCom chief says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1935

Now Not Just CUNY Hates Petraeus After Cops Punch Out Peaceful Protesters 8 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 39 3691

Ted Rall Cartoon for September 21st, 2013: Too Much Firepower 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2204

Army Vet Fighting in Syria Gets Plea Deal 0 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1603

US Embraces Cruel Dictators Who Host the Navy and Supply Our Oil 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1787

UPDATE 1-Pentagon test-fires two ($25+ million) SM-3 missiles on one target 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2312

Don't Be Fooled, Says Israel, Bomb Iran Instead 4 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2130

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Pentagon wants Guantánamo fiber-optic cable to someday serve Cuba 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1772

Academics join CUNY protests against David Petraeus as NYPD arrests six students 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1976

Pentagon deletes Twitter account for joking about movie theatre bombing 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1715

Counting the Afghan Dead: America's 'Unconscionable Oversight' 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1693

Remains of MIA special forces soldier identified 4 jakeXT Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2224

Navy Yard shooter latest in series of servicemen booted from military but still able to buy guns 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1798

NATO 'Conducting Investigation' into Drone Strike That May Have Killed a Dozen Civilians 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1652

Afghanistan, corruption and Karzai 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1593

Dempsey has doubts about probing mental health 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1912

After a ride to parliament in golden carriage, Dutch king declares end to welfare state 13 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 28 4566

Sequestration Blues 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1798

Police say JBLM soldier admitted to stalking at least 50 young women and teenagers this year 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1828

Political donations from vets scammer downplayed 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1722

Shootings at military bases shake sense of security 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1561

The US and Its Imperial Status to the World 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1616

U.S. could be left behind on infrastructure, Biden says 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1929

Pakistan Taking Its Case against US Drone Attacks to the United Nations 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 1998

The Hubris of the Syria Interventionists 3 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1906

Inside the Pentagon's Trillion Dollar F-35 Embarrassment 1 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1876

Missiles In Vermont: Wrong Place For A(nother) Bad Idea 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1562

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