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Pentagon contracts plunged 66 percent to $15.7 billion last month, the lowest level since January, driven by automatic U.S. spending cuts and a partial government shutdown.
National Security

Pentagon contracts fell by two-thirds in October as shutdown deepened cuts

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Britain and Russia didn't invent spying on friends. It's a very old practice that still has a place in the modern world. (Thinkstock)
Columnists

The case for spying on friends

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The trusty tank comes under fire: Critics doubt its worth in asymmetrical conflicts
Politics

The trusty tank comes under fire: Critics doubt its worth in asymmetrical conflicts

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This undated photo provided by United States Enrichment Corp shows Ronnie Kineman, a member of USEC's cylinder handling crew, moving a Department of Energy-owned depleted uranium
Energy and Environment

Privatizing energy project enriched bureaucrats, drained federal coffers

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The U.S. military budget totals $600 billion. That is 40 percent of what the entire world spends on defense, and substantially more than the Cold War average in inflation-adjusted terms.
National Security

Military must do more with less

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, center, stares straight while Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno reads an opening statement as they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on budget cuts to the military. The nation's top military officers warned that automatic budget cuts will compromise the armed services' ability to defend the U.S. and could cause higher casualties. The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are telling Congress the cuts will force reductions in manpower, training and weapons purchases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Security

Military joint chiefs warn about defense cuts

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** FILE ** United States Enrichment Corporation cascade coordinators work in building 300 at the Paducah, Ky. plant in this Jan. 15, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee, file)
Energy and Environment

Feds gave billions to energy firm with no business model

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Chuck Hagel warns of a military ‘readiness crisis’
National Security

Chuck Hagel warns of a military ‘readiness crisis’

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Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told the Colorado Springs Gazette in an interview published Monday that across-the-board cuts proposed over 10 years are a bad idea and a bad business model. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National Security

Air Force chief has own ideas for budget cuts

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Time to pivot to military readiness
Columnists

Time to pivot to military readiness

James Jay Carafano -
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