Billions in Earmarks Inflate Defense Bill's Cost

That comes on the heels of Congress passing a $447 billion spending bill Dec. 13 that included 5,224 earmarks totaling $3.9 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group. The earmarks include $54 million for a flood-control project that will raise two trestles used by the Napa Valley Wine Train.
The War at Home

Obama to Name Bush Adviser as Cybersecurity Coordinator

Chaplains Called on to Deliver Tragic News
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News, December 21, 2009

Did Headley Target Nuclear Plant?

US Military in Europe
US Forces to Train Poles on Air and Missile Defense
US Traumatic Brain Injury Clinics in Germany to Open in Early 2010

The War at Home
Obama Plan Could Limit Records Hidden From Public
Texas Antiwar Activists Losing Patience With Obama
Plight of Contractor Raped in Iraq Spurs Push in Congress
Inside Washington: An Anti-Whistleblower Culture
Muslim Leaders in US Grapple With How to Protect Their Youth

News, December 20, 2009

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Senate Dems Break Fillibuster, OK $636B Pentagon Spending
 
 12 Guantánamo Detainees Freed; Captive Count at 8-Year Low
IAEA Applying a Nuclear Double-Standard

Frontline
Israeli Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified US Docs
Did US Keep Mum on Mumbai Attack?
US-Russia Arms Deal Unlikely Before February: Report
Police Expect Mumbai-Style Terror Attack on London
2/3 of UK Afghan War Vets Suffer Hearing Damage
Afghan Killing Bares a Karzai Family Feud
Modellers Claim Wars Are Predictable
Americans Still Dying
Georgia Soldier's Death in Iraq Being Investigated
Detroit (MI) Marine Dies on Fourth Deployment in Iraq
Air Force Reservist, Cincinnati Police Officer, Slain in Afghanistan (KY)
Panama City (FL) Soldier With Ties to Ohio Dies of Wounds Suffered in Afghanistan

News, December 19, 2009


2 Million Troops Have Deployed Since 9/11
 
  Senate Dems Break Fillibuster, OK $636 Billion Military Spending Bill
  Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most US Warplanes
  In Shift, US to Make Stopping Nuclear Terror Key Aim

Frontline
Kremlin Says No US-Russia Arms Deal This Year
Obama Approves $30 Billion for Israeli Military
 
Obama on War Decision – 'You Feel It Viscerally'
Encryption of Drone Feeds Won't Finish Until 2014, Air Force Says
Mullen in Iraq: US Drawdown on Schedule
Who's in Charge in Nuclear-Armed US Ally Pakistan?
US Personnel in Iraq Could Face Court-Martial for Getting Pregnant
Antiwar Activist Mounts GOP Campaign for Congress
'War on Terror'
Al-Qaeda's Migrant Martyrs
Feds: Arrests in Africa Link al-Qaeda, Drugs
Six Yemeni Detainees at Guantánamo to Be Repatriated
US Military
Pentagon Was Told of UAV Hacking Threat in 2004
Pentagon Delays New Bunker Buster Bomb
Antiwar Marine Mom Makes Contact at Army Recruitment Center