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Gen.Dempsey, SECDEF Hagel, budget

The 2014 Defense Budget Request Invites a New Round of Head-scratching The Pentagon's fake budget?

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When the Obama Administration finally released its 2014 budget proposal on April 10 – more then two months later than required by law – DoD‘s defense budget proposal contained provisions …

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Failing Infrastructure in America The rot continues

If your child came home with consistently failing grades on report cards, what would you do? You might at first get mad with them for not taking their subjects seriously …

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The Civil War Ironclad Monitor’s Unknown Sailors Are Remembered and Honored at Arlington

While the guns of the USS Monitor went quiet 151 years ago, the final rifle volleys fired into the brisk evening air this March brought her back to life for …

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The Department of Homeland Security will mark 10 years of active operation tomorrow. Department of Homeland Security photo

The Department of Homeland Security Turns 10 A never-ending mission and the threat within it

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A lot can happen in a decade. Music, fashion, technology, and leadership can change in monumental ways. All you have to do is look at your phone to see that …

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Robert F. Dorr

Homeland Security and the Dilemma of Drones

In the nation’s capital and around the United States, it’s a safe bet that debate soon will be heating up about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – most people call them …

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The John Brennan Appointment: A Preliminary Look

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John O. Brennan, the Obama administration’s nominee to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appeared on Capitol Hill Feb. 7 to face protesters and tough questions about the so-called …

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks at the Emerging Leaders Symposium, March 27, 2012. Rumors of her being interested in a presidential bid are swirling. U.S. Department of Homeland Security photo

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano for President?

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It’s not even been a full month into the second term of the Obama administration and people are already sizing up the prospects for who will be the president’s successor. …

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A modified American Blimp Corporation A-170 series commercial blimp, the MZ-3A boasts a proud heritage and now serves as the only manned airship in the United States Navy's inventory. U.S. Navy photo

The New Age of Military Airships Isn’t Likely to Last Very Long

To anyone at all passionate about airships, New Jersey’s Lakehurst Naval Air Station is Jerusalem. Birthplace and home to the Navy’s lighter-that-air fleet from 1921 to 1962, Lakehurst is where …

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Reflections on the Ray Nagin Indictment and the Legacy Left Behind

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When I saw the news headline in my email feed on late Friday afternoon that former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had been indicted, I have to confess my first …

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Robert F. Dorr

True Airpower Can’t Co-exist With ‘Jointness’

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In a perfect world that exists only in my imagination, U.S. leaders in Washington would recognize that air power is the decisive force in war. The Air Force would take …

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