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Best Military Blog - The 2008 Weblog Awards

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 01:40:00 +1900

Return to the The 2008 Weblog Award Poll Navigation Page . Finalists: Add to any feed reader From My Position... on the way! Add to any feed reader The War on Big Tobacco Add to any feed reader Blackfive Add to any feed reader Michael Yon Add to any feed reader This Ain't Hell Add to any feed ...

A Blog For All found this 43 hours ago on 2008.weblogawards.org

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Goosed Porter

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:30:05 +1900

Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta , I was curious how she reacted to the appointment of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss to be Director of the ...

Firedoglake found this 11 hours ago on www.eschatonblog.com

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Why I'm Not Blogging More About Gaza

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:09:00 +1900

Andrew Sullivan just asked me (live, not on e-mail; bloggers at the Atlantic actually talk to each other) why I haven't been posting more on Gaza. The simple answer is that I'm busy reporting, and I hope to head to the Middle East soon, to personally broker a cease-fire, or at least get some ...

Althouse found this 9 hours ago on jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com

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Leon Panetta, Institute Director

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:47:28 +1900

Leon Edward Panetta has had a long and distinguished career in public service, ranging from his tour of duty in the U.S. Army to his service as the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Born in Monterey in 1938 of Italian immigrant parents, Panetta attended both Catholic and ...

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com found this 25 hours ago on www.panettainstitute.org

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Panetta to CIA

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +1900

In the very early days of the Bush administration, Karl Rove asked a Washington policy wonk what personnel changes he'd recommend to newly arrived George W. The wonk said "there is one matter of life and death: he must replace Tenet at CIA and put in one of his own people, someone he absolutely ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 19 hours ago on corner.nationalreview.com

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Building Bridges - SF Makes a "Connection"

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:32:59 +1900

“It’s not my bridge, it is not the government’s bridge, it’s your bridge. Special Forces don’t always just fight, they help build bridges too.” - Army Gen. David McKeirnan, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan....

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 33 hours ago on www.blackfive.net

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Obama CIA pick- The lurch left begins

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:51:28 +1900

This is an embarrassingly bad pick from P.E. Obama. I saw he served in the Army in the 60's and served on the "Iraq Study Group". That is all the experience he has militarily or in the Intel community. I contend being a daily Blackfive, Long War Journal, Stratfor and Michael Yon reader makes me ...

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 29 hours ago on www.blackfive.net

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Obama picks Leon Panetta for CIA director - San Jose Mercury News

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 03:02:10 +1900

leon panetta Born: 1938, in Monterey; age 70 Education : Graduated from Monterey High School; B.A. from Santa Clara University; J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School Military service : U.S. Army, 1964-66 Congressman: U.S. congressman representing Monterey area, 1977-1993; chairman of House ...

The Policy Report found this 18 hours ago on www.mercurynews.com

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Panettamania

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:20:57 +1900

From last March. Works for me. More recently, President Bush vetoed a law that would require the CIA and all the intelligence services to abide by the same rules on torture as contained in the U.S. Army Field Manual. But all forms of torture have long been prohibited by American law and ...

Political Animal found this 23 hours ago on www.eschatonblog.com

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Newsweek On Gaza Fighting: 'Will It Ever End?'

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:55:23 +1900

In the Jan. 12, issue of Newsweek, "Will It Ever End?", Managing Editor Daniel Klaidman lays out the reasoning behind the latest round of fighting in Gaza and provides a possible outline for a lasting peace deal. Plus: why many troops oppose any change in the military's policy toward gays.

SNance posted 45 hours ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com

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BREAKING: Red State, Next Right -- The "Online Conservative Revolution" Will Be Spammed

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:54:00 +1900

Just got an email from RedState, because they love us, and we love them: You signed up for the RedState Army. We need to mobilize tonight. I also signed up for the Kiss Army, who had a cooler arm-patch. It is extremely important. No shit. As you are probably aware, Americans for Tax Reform ...

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The Associated Press: Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:53:38 +1900

58 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and ...

The Washington Note found this 25 hours ago on www.google.com

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Eleven Palestinians killed, Israel decides to bar humanitarian aid

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:00:09 +1900

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday morning, that as the Israeli Army continued to advance into the Gaza Strip, and the resistance continued to clash with the invading forces; at least eleven Palestinians were killed on the eighth day of the Israeli offensive, and ...

Firedoglake found this 2 days ago on www.imemc.org

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Our Army failed its test in Iraq

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 09:49:00 +1900

As we enter the year when the last British troops leave Iraq , further evidence is emerging of just what an abject failure Britain s military intervention in Iraq has been. Despite the bravery of many individual soldiers, the only real success of the Government has been the extent to which it ...

Theo Spark found this 2 days ago on www.telegraph.co.uk

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Army Recruiter Suicides Prompt Investigations

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 06:54:04 +1900

John McChesney Morning Edition , January 2, 2009 The Army is investigating a cluster of suicides in the Houston Recruiting Battalion, where five soldiers have taken their own lives since 2001. Nationally, 17 recruiters have committed suicide during the same period. Back in March of 2007, Aron ...

Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News found this 3 days ago on www.npr.org

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Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: January 2009

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 23:24:40 +1900

Iraqi and Coalition forces Order of Battle as of December 31, 2008. The January 2009 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage . The significant changes to the Order of Battle that occurred in December are summarized ...

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 2 days ago on www.longwarjournal.org

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Dueling Information Operations

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:04:31 +1900

Yesterday, in the "Flies in Amber" post, I put up the story about the suicide bombing in Khowst, and chose to make it a discussion of viewpoint, outlook, and will. The fact that CJTF-101 PAO put the story out so quickly was clearly intended to get out in front of the ...

Jules Crittenden found this 8 days ago on www.thedonovan.com

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2008 Military Times poll: Wary about Obama - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:45:26 +1900

When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey. In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service ...

FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog found this 4 days ago on www.armytimes.com

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DefenseLink News Release: DoD Identifies Army Casualties

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 06:29:44 +1900

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Jan. 3 in As Sadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small arms fire during combat operations. Both Soldiers were assigned to ...

Political Animal found this 3 days ago on www.defenselink.mil

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Suspicion: bombed truck carried oxygen tanks and not grad rockets

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:49:50 +1900

The owner of the truck bombed by the Israeli Air Force on Salah a-Din street on Monday claims the truck was carrying oxygen canisters, not Grad rockets. Drone footage of the bombing was shown by the Israeli army.

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