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The amazing moment an unmanned rocket was launched thousands of feet into the air and landed in its original position
Moscow :: Russia | 5 months ago
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The pictures and video below show the amazing single-stage rocket launching thousands of feet without a pilot, moving through the air and landing back in its original position -- on its tail. That was one of several successful launches, others of
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DRIESSEN: Navy declares war on fossil fuel
Mumbai :: India | 10 months ago
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If America had a Spend Like a Drunken Sailor Award, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus would win hands-down for blowing $12 million on biofuel for Navy ships. Even as the armed services face drastic budget cuts under automatic sequestration and other proposals
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Vets touched by Gulf War illness fret over research funds
McLean :: VA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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A congressional move to shift control of the flow of money to research a mysterious Gulf War illness has alarmed veterans of that conflict who fear the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have little interest in uncovering the true causes of
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Cornyn: Senate has been 'treading water' during Biden talks
Çan :: Turkey | almost 2 years ago
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Comments (9) looks like the Republicans will make sure more Democrats get elected BY wagonmaker on 06/30/2011 at 13:07 You people,just take the caps off social security and medicare,cancel all of the bush tax-cuts for those over $500K and let
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Pentagon Plans to Consolidate Military Health Records
Baghdad :: Iraq | almost 2 years ago
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But now the two departments have agreed to develop a joint computerized system for health care records that could provide a single source of data on a veteran's health from enlistment through death, officials from the departments said. The move is
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U.S. military getting recovery software
Rockville :: MD :: USA | 2 years ago
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Defense Department has given Paradigm Holdings Inc. a $49 million blanket purchase agreement for disaster recovery software solutions. The BPA is open to all Department of Defense components, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the
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Is the Pentagon too big to audit?
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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When some of the nation's largest banks were bailed out by the government in 2008 at the beginning of the global financial crisis, "too big to fail" was a phrase commonly heard as Washington argued why it had to help. But the "too big" excuse wasn't
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Is the Pentagon too big to audit?
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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When some of the nation's largest banks were bailed out by the government in 2008 at the beginning of the global financial crisis, "too big to fail" was a phrase commonly heard as Washington argued why it had to help. But the "too big" excuse wasn't
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Gay Rights Activist/MSNBC Anchor Contessa Brewer: Support for DADT 'Doesn't Make A Lot of Sense'
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 2 years ago
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Contessa Brewer attacked those who want to maintain the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy: "...the Marine Corps and Catholic chaplains, who say they support the policy on moral grounds. It doesn't make a lot of sense...if it's homosexuality
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Group to high court: Address 'don't ask'
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Lawyers for the gay group seeking a repeal of the military ban on openly gay troops serving in the military asked the Supreme Court Friday to step in and temporarily block enforcement of the controversial policy. The Log Cabin Republicans filed an
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