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Bush 'preemptive strike' doctrine eyed
The Swampby Mark Silva Don't start, don't strike: There are more than a few policies under review at the Pentagon these days. The Pentagon is reviewing the Bush administration's doctrine of preemptive military strikes with an eye to modifying or possibly......Tags: Wars and Interventions, United States, Saddam Hussein, National Government, Iraq
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Head-banging: Guantanamo's 'juke-box'
The Swampby Mark Silva Waterboarding is one thing. But the Bee Gees? And Nine Inch Nails? Saturday night Head-banging taken to a new level: A coalition of rock musicians, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (pictured here) and Tom Morello,......Tags: National Security, Bee Gees (music group), Metallica (music group), Maine, Jackson Browne
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'Change:' Defense spending, hate crimes
The Swampby Mark Silva "The Pentagon is not the kind of place that can turn on a dime,'' says Defense Secretary Robert Gates, hailing the signing of a defense-spending bill that targets wasteful spending and unneeded weapons. "It will take more......Tags: Robert Gates, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Matthew Shepard, Hate Crimes
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Illinois prison: Guantanamo relief option
The Swampby Christi Parsons A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday. As they work to shutter the controversial...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Security Measures, Prisons
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Oil spill renews off-shore drilling debate
The Swampby Jim Tankersley The growing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was designated a spill of national significance and three top Cabinet officials will tour the site, the federal government said today as it stepped up efforts to deal......Tags: Mississippi, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Corruption, National Government
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WH moves ahead on IL prison purchase
The Swampby Christi Parsons The Obama administration will purchase the Thomson prison in rural western Illinois even if Congress doesn't approve the president's plan to lock up terror suspects there, a key official at the Justice Department said Monday....Tags: Terrorism, Dick Durbin, Prisoners and Detainees, Wars and Interventions, Employers
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White House spending freeze: Discretion
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated In an attempt to confront growing public frustration with out-of-control federal spending in the wake of a recession that has cost millions of American jobs and a special election that has cost the White House......Tags: Politics, Health, Government Health Care, Medicare, Barack Obama
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Obama's budget: What's up, what's down
The Swampby Mark Silva There's a lot of talk about a "three-year freeze'' here in Washington this week, on the heels of another winter snowstorm. But the White House readily allows that the freeze in "discretionary spending'' that it proposes for......Tags: National Security, Politics, Constellation Program, Health, NASA
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Don't ask, don't tell: Admiral for repeal
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes The nation's top uniformed officer said today that he supports allowing gays to serve openly the military, providing a powerful voice of support for President Obama call to lift the legal ban on their service. Launching......Tags: Robert Gates, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Carl Levin, Gays and Lesbians
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Pentagon shooter dead, officers recover
The SwampBy Julian E. Barnes A California man who attempted to enter the Pentagon by force and was shot by police has died from his wounds, police said this morning. The shooter, whom official identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, walked......Tags: Health, University of California, California, Fires, Disasters and Accidents
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When will military get serious about reforming its culture of sexual hostility?
Mary SanchezApparently, May was Harass Your Female Subordinates Month in the U.S. military. I didn't get the press release, but a number of news items brought me up to speed. A sergeant at West Point is being investigated for secretly videotaping at least a dozen...Tags: U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Military Justice, West Point, U.S. Military
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Rape and winning
Robert KoehlerMaybe the problem is that rape is an extension of military culture. And it's metastasizing, even as legislation to address it stays trapped in congressional subcommittee. Scandals and outrage come and go, but rape is ever-present. In 2011, a Pentagon...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, Carl Levin, Jackie Speier, U.S. Military
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