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Why Aircraft Carrier Workers Deserve a Better Plan from the Pentagon
Predictable and stable work is what the aircraft carrier industrial base needs. By Rick Giannini and Darrell Grow
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Summits Are Nice but Obama Needs to Do More for Nuclear Security
The Obama administration started the Nuclear Security Summit convening this week. Now it needs to pick up the pace before terrorists get a bomb. By Joe Cirincione
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‘Comprehensive Review’ of Military Medals to Begin in June
Why? Drones, for one thing. By Ben Watson
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Hackers Hammer Hackers, Infect Patient Records and Nick Apple IDs
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Feds Aren't Worried About Windows XP Vulnerabilities
When Microsoft retires security support for the operating system in April, agencies will have countermeasures in place.
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Even Barack Obama May Get Rid of His BlackBerry
The leader of the free world could be a future owner of a Samsung Galaxy or comparable Android smartphone.
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Drone Warfare Is Why We Can't Find Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
If you’re sick of not being able to find planes with today’s technology, just wait – it’s actually going to get worse. By Patrick Tucker
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Wake Up NATO, You’re No Deterrent to Russia
If NATO couldn’t finish the job against Libya, why would anyone think it’s ready for Russia? By Philip Seib
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How Western Bureaucrats Stirred Putin’s Petulance into a Cold War Crisis
From the beginning, all sides have been guilty of faulty assumptions and strategic miscalculation regarding Ukraine – and Putin. By James Kitfield
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Russians Tell Hagel 'No Intention' of Crossing Into Ukraine
Secretary Hagel and Sergei Shoygu, in phone call, say neither intends to march into eastern Ukraine, said Pentagon spokesman. By Ben Watson
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'Just Got on Twitter' and Other First Tweets From Federal Agencies
A roundup of the origins of government tweets using the microblogging site's new tool.
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Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Heads to Texas Temporarily After Radiation Leaks
No date set for reopening shuttered N.M. storage site.
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Rand Paul Slams Surveillance State 'Drunk With Power'
A harsh speech wins over the UC Berkeley crowd but the Republican senator glides past social issues.
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A Quick Review of Where Commercial Drones Stand
The FAA wants to clear up the confusion. Here's a helpful guide.
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Iraq’s Do-Nothing Legacy
The 11th anniversary of the Iraq invasion finds U.S. leaders paralyzed and gun-shy to intervene anywhere in the Mideast. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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How the Military’s Bomb-Detecting Lasers Will Protect You From the Flu
High-powered, small and cheap UV lasers could detect biological containments of the lethal or simply annoying variety. By Patrick Tucker
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…and we’ll tell you what your peers in federal technology think about the Obama administration’s IT priorities (and a few other things as well).
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