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...Still, Ricks' reporting and insight from the front lines of Iraq support his conclusion that the U.S. is likely to be fighting there until at least 2015. His first book on the war, 2006's Fiasco, was a bleak tale of martial malfeasance. His second suggests there may be light at the end of the tunnel, but if there is, it's flickering--and a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Victories and Defeats — in Washington | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Only two of its 44 key technologies are mature enough to generate reliable cost estimates, according to the Government Accountability Office. The Army has so far spent $18 billion trying to get the FCS to work and plans on spending $21 billion more before it gets a formal green light for production in 2013, when key performance tests still will not have been done. And the FCS's vaunted mobility has already been scrapped; the Army has abandoned plans to transport all those vehicles to the battlefield aboard C-130 cargo planes because they are too heavy. Costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Robert Gates Tame the Pentagon? | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Israeli government claim that its Defense Forces "is an ethical army" in light of such atrocities? Israel clearly timed its attacks to coincide with the vacuum of power between U.S. Presidents, banking on our indifference. And to our shame, their bet paid off, for they've again gotten away with it. Tamra Fallman, ITHACA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Pusar believes that road games are just what the team needs to light the fire...

Author: By Justin W. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes on Tough Ivy Squads | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...said, peering into it. “A what?” I said. “It kind of looks like a butt,” he told me.He was pointing to a faint pattern on the surface of the coffee—a double curve where light hit the liquid.“Has that always been there?” I said. How had I missed it? I was a writer. I was supposed to notice things. “Yup,” he said. He moved the cup around. “See? It?...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dating Outside the Humanities | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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