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Memo Leaked to Retaliate Against Fast and Furious Whistleblower
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White House Brings Back Bill to Shield Journalists
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DOE Error Causes Contracting Redo
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Ten Questions That USASpending.Gov Can’t Answer
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USASpending.gov: NOT Your One-Stop Shop for Following Taxpayer Dollars
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AP Case Throws More Doubt on Obama’s Whistleblower Policies
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The Whistleblower Who Wouldn't Go Away
May 14, 2013
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February 20, 2013
How Did the Pentagon Budget Get This Bad?
While the President is focusing on countering cyber-attacks and away from large-scale ground invasions, the Pentagon is still buying hundreds of billions of dollars in new weapons for old wars.
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Topics: National Security
February 14, 2013
The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built
Time magazine has a great, and lengthy, story about the F-35 fighter jet being developed for the Air Force, Navy and Marines.
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Topics: National Security
February 13, 2013
Pentagon Pork Is Too Easy to Push Through Congress
It’s getting easier to find people inside Washington’s Beltway who want to cut the fat from the Pentagon budget. Scaling back military spending isn’t just for the most progressive members of Congress anymore.
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Topics: National Security
February 13, 2013
IG Blasts Air Force's F-22 Crash Report as Sloppy
The Air Force’s investigation into the fatal 2010 crash of an F-22 fighter jet was sloppy and their conclusions were “not supported by the facts,” according to a new report by the Department of Defense Inspector General.
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Topics: National Security
February 8, 2013
Troops to Get Smaller Raise Than Last Year Under New Proposal
The Pentagon is planning to increase the pay for members of the uniformed military by 1 percent for 2014, down from the 1.7 percent increase for 2013, according to an article in Government Executive.
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Topics: National Security
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