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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Democrats Cannot Embrace Victory |
| Published: November 25, 2007, 12:11 pm |
| Tags: Military, Political, American Hero, Civil War, Democrats, Dodging The Draft, General Petraeus, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Leftist Groups, Military Experience, Military Subjects, Moveon Org, Pinko, Senate Armed Services Committee, Support The Troops |
| The problem with the Democrats, besides their weakness on national security, is that they want to win so badly they will say of do anything to get elected. This includes slandering our troops and changing their points of view in order to refocus the attention of the electorate. For the longest... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the |
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| Compromise On Pentagon Pay System, Union Rights |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Compromise, Pentagon, Pay, System, Union, Rights, The Pentagon, U S Department Of Defense, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Daniel Akaka, Susan Collins, Carl Levin, Chris Van Hollen, Gregory J Junemann, Ike Skelton, Jay Inslee, John Gage, Ron Ault, Solomon Ortiz |
| It's a compromise aimed at ending four years of controversy. |
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| Compromise On Pentagon Pay System, Union Rights |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Compromise, Pentagon, Pay, System, Union, Rights, The Pentagon, U S Department Of Defense, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Daniel Akaka, Susan Collins, Carl Levin, Chris Van Hollen, Gregory J Junemann, Ike Skelton, Jay Inslee, John Gage, Ron Ault, Solomon Ortiz |
| It's a compromise aimed at ending four years of controversy. |
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| An insider's guide to the upcoming week |
| Published: February 25, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, Hillary Clinton, Pakistan, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Alphonso Jackson, Joseph Biden, Afghanistan, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, George Casey, John Kerry, John Negropo |
| After a harrowing ride last Thursday aboard helicopters in Afghanistan, three senior senators may find listening to testimony this week about U.S. policy toward Pakistan a far easier experience. A snowstorm forced Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to make... |
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| An insider's guide to the upcoming week |
| Published: February 25, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, Hillary Clinton, Pakistan, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Alphonso Jackson, Joseph Biden, Afghanistan, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, George Casey, John Kerry, John Negropo |
| After a harrowing ride last Thursday aboard helicopters in Afghanistan, three senior senators may find listening to testimony this week about U.S. policy toward Pakistan a far easier experience. A snowstorm forced Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to make... |
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| Kennedy and Levin Want New Report on Iraq Released |
| Published: April 4, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Kennedy, And, Levin, Want, New, Report, Iraq, Released, United States, Carl Levin, George W Bush, Joseph Biden, Baghdad, Basra, David Petraeus, Edward M Kennedy, Mike Mcconnell, Ryan Crocker, Iran, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, U S Senate Committee On Foreign Re |
| A new intelligence report on the situation in Iraq is "essential" to upcoming debates on the war, and its judgments should be publicly released, Sens. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said yesterday in a letter to the head of the nation's intelligence agencies. |
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| Hillary Clinton Asks Her Dumb Little 'Questions' About Iraq [Congressional Testimony] |
| Published: April 8, 2008, 3:05 pm |
| Tags: Armed Services Committee, Congressional Testimony, David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Iraq War, Ryan Crocker, Senate, Youtube |
| Hillary Clinton pretended to be a senator during this morning's Armed Services Committee hearings with Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker. She asked him all sorts of... |
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| Senators Seek Deeper Air Force Investigation |
| Published: April 25, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Seek, Deeper, Air, Force, Investigation, Claire Mccaskill, U S Department Of Defense, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, Carl Levin, John Mccain, Michael Wynne, Robert Gates, Stephen Goldfein |
| The Senate Armed Services Committee has asked the Defense Department's inspector general to review the role of senior Air Force officials in a $50 million contract, seeking further investigation into possible criminal conduct, ethical violations and failures of leadership. |
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| Senators Ask For Pentagon Explanation on Contract Abuse |
| Published: April 19, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Ask, For, Pentagon, Explanation, Contract, Abuse, Claire Mccaskill, Hillary Clinton, Michael Wynne, Sue Payton, U S Department Of Defense, Robert Gates, Stephen Goldfein, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, U S Air Force Thunderbirds, U S Senate |
| Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee called yesterday on Pentagon officials to further explain the awarding of a $50 million Air Force contract to a company owned by people close to senior Air Force officials, demanding accountability at the highest levels of the service. |
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| Senators Ask For Pentagon Explanation on Contract Abuse |
| Published: April 19, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Ask, For, Pentagon, Explanation, Contract, Abuse, Claire Mccaskill, Hillary Clinton, Michael Wynne, Sue Payton, U S Department Of Defense, Robert Gates, Stephen Goldfein, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, U S Air Force Thunderbirds, U S Senate |
| Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee called yesterday on Pentagon officials to further explain the awarding of a $50 million Air Force contract to a company owned by people close to senior Air Force officials, demanding accountability at the highest levels of the service. |
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| Defense Directives Have Wide Scope |
| Published: May 20, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Defense, Directives, Have, Wide, Scope, U S Department Of Defense, The Pentagon, Robert Gates, Federal Aviation Administration, Northrop Grumman Global Hawk, California, Barbara Boxer, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, W Patrick Lang, Afghanistan, Beale Air Force |
| From experiments with hybrid vehicles to huge bonuses for psychologists to personal finance lessons, the Senate Armed Services Committee's recommended spending blueprint for fiscal 2009 illustrates how Defense Department funds go for lots more than weapons. |
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| Defense Directives Have Wide Scope |
| Published: May 20, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Defense, Directives, Have, Wide, Scope, U S Department Of Defense, The Pentagon, Robert Gates, Federal Aviation Administration, Northrop Grumman Global Hawk, California, Barbara Boxer, U S Senate Committee On Armed Services, W Patrick Lang, Afghanistan, Beale Air Force |
| From experiments with hybrid vehicles to huge bonuses for psychologists to personal finance lessons, the Senate Armed Services Committee's recommended spending blueprint for fiscal 2009 illustrates how Defense Department funds go for lots more than weapons. |
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| Be careful what you wish for. |
| Published: July 27, 2008, 2:35 pm |
| Tags: Human Rights, Guantanamo, Justice, Psychology, Torture, Guant Namo, Torture, Victim, Binyam, Mohamed, Sues, British, Government, Hogen, 69 Year Old, Retired, Social, Worker, Documents, Confirm, Psychologists, Collaborated, Remain, Hearings, The, Senate, Armed, Services, Committee |
| Today's post wraps up those from my "Classic" series on Mark Sageman's "Leaderless Jihad." Sageman, an ex CIA agent and forensic psychiatrist, has researched the radical groups of Islamist jihadis. He first published on the subject in 2004, with "Understanding Terror Networks." He presented his most recent theories in late 2007, in "Leaderless |
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| Why the Silence on Real Torture Timeline? |
| Published: August 3, 2008, 11:40 pm |
| Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Geneva Conventions, Torture, David Baumgarten, Jane Mayer, David Addington, Sere |
| the testimony from the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on interrogations and torture. The hearings concentrated on the military's Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) program, and its use of military psychologists hired by the CIA to "reverse-engineer" SERE program elements for use in coercive interrogations by the United |
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| Iraq Government Has $79 Billion in Unspent Cash |
| Published: August 5, 2008, 3:33 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Finances, Government Accountability Office, Budgets And Budgeting, Senate Committee On Armed Services, Levin Carl, Warner John W |
| The soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a budget surplus, an American analysis concluded. |
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