Guantánamo Closure Delayed Another Year
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.
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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?
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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News, December 19, 2009
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| 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 |
| Al-Qaeda's Migrant Martyrs | |
| Feds: Arrests in Africa Link al-Qaeda, Drugs | |
| Six Yemeni Detainees at Guantánamo to Be Repatriated |
| Pentagon Was Told of UAV Hacking Threat in 2004 | |
| Pentagon Delays New Bunker Buster Bomb | |
| Antiwar Marine Mom Makes Contact at Army Recruitment Center |
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