abumuqawama.blogspot.com - 3/17/2009
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Prepare to fight three wars at once: one in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, and one in Washington against the bi-partisan coalition of lobbyists, congressmen, and industry leaders who will fight Robert Gates tooth and nail on this. It is going to be awesome to watch, that's for sure: Gates is ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 3/17/2009
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The Boston Globe reports that Defense Secretary Robert
Gates “ is preparing the most far-reaching changes in...
the Pentagon’s weapons portfolio since the end of the Cold War, according to aides.” Two defense officials who were not ...
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Gates Prepares To Confront Military-Industrial Complex
democracyarsenal.org - 3/17/2009
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This is a guest post from Gordon Adams,
former senior White House official for national security budgeting....
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is said to be seriously considering cutting major weapons programs in the new defense budget. If so, ...
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Can Robert Gates Walk the Walk?
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MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... ), a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a top counterinsurgency blogger, writes: "Prepare to fight three wars at once: one in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, and one in Washington against the bi-partisan coalition of lobbyists, congressmen, and industry leaders who will fight Robert Gates tooth and nail on this. It is going to be awesome to watch, that's for sure." ...
Gates Prepares To Confront Military-Industrial Complex
Wonk Room —
... Andrew Exum suggests that the Obama administration should “prepare to fight three wars at once: one in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, and one …against the bi-partisan coalition of lobbyists, congressmen, and industry leaders who will fight…tooth and nail on this.” ...
Gates, Obama to Take on Military-Industrial Complex
Matthew Yglesias —
... Andrew Exum observes that this means the Gates Pentagon will now be fighting a three front war, adding “the bi-partisan coalition of lobbyists, congressmen, and industry leaders” to their existing problems in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Gordon Adams in a guest post at Democracy Arsenal ...
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