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DARPA Plans Deep Brain Dive to Understand PTSD, TBI
Project aims to quantitatively characterize the ailments.
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Pentagon Building Security Chief Accused of Abusing Authority
Stephen Calvery took advantage of firing range, golf tournaments and subordinates, IG finds.
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Police Just Missed a Chance to Stop the LAX Shooter at His Home
Note indicates killer deliberately targeted TSA agents, because he distrusted the government and wanted to 'instill fear into their traitorous minds.'
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HealthCare.gov and the Inevitably Digital Future of American Governance
Washington is remarkably inexperienced with complicated tech that's unrelated to national defense.
Defense
Independent Panel: U.S. Doctors Violated Medical, Ethical Standards in Detention Facilities
Defense and CIA defend actions.
Defense
Retired General: Some in Military Want to 'Take Out the President'
Boykin opposes the president's agenda, including the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' and allowing women in combat.
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West Point Hosts its First Male Same-Sex Wedding
The academy hosted two same-sex weddings in 2012, both between female partners.
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Victim of L.A. Airport Shooting Is First TSA Officer to Die on Duty
Union president says tragedy shows why screeners are federalized.
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TSA Found 29 Firearms at Airports This Week, Before the LAX Shooting
Loaded weapons get stopped at security checkpoints all the time.
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TSA Employee Killed in Shooting at Los Angeles International Airport
At least two were injured.
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GAO Tosses Harris Protest Against $3.5 Billion Navy Network Contract
Hewlett-Packard cleared to start work.
Defense One
How Obama Can Help Iraq
The Iraq war President Obama never wanted is back. Here’s what he can do to help stop Iraq’s spiral into chaos. By Stephanie Gaskell
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Crocker: Send More U.S. Counterterrorism Troops to Iraq
Ryan Crocker, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, knows what it takes to save Iraq: political will and military muscle that President Obama has been unwilling to use. By James Kitfield
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Agencies Promise Security Clearance Fixes Soon
Senators promote their own plans to ensure increased oversight.
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No More Nuclear-Tipped Cruise Missiles
The Pentagon is expected to decide soon whether to spend $30 billion on nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Bad idea. By Tom Z. Collina
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NSA Hacked Google and Yahoo's Private Networks
The agency accessed fiber optic connections between servers, Snowden documents show.
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Congress vs the President: Who Should Make the Calls on NSA?
Are the intel committees upset that the NSA tapped Merkel's phone -- or that they didn't know about it first? By Marc Ambinder
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Will Corruption Force U.S. Troops to Abandon Afghanistan?
There’s growing concern that the number of U.S. and NATO troops that remain past 2014 might be too small to oversee billions of aid money to Afghanistan. By Stephanie Gaskell
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House Passes Bill to Speed Up VA Claims Appeals Process
Legislation mandates more details on backlogged claims.
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