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...military is now spending more on defense, on average, than it did during the Cold War - even after the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are erased. (See pictures of Defense Secretary Robert Gates...
...look for any major changes that might restore Pentagon spending to its more modest Cold War levels. Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a good whack at unneeded weapons systems in last year's budget, killing the F-22 fighter and other programs of dubious merit. Unfortunately, his minions seem to believe that this one-time slice is sufficient. Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, said Feb. 17 that he believes last year's cuts mean that additional program cancellations "won't be necessary...
...next morning, during a weekly tour of the buildings’ exteriors, Lowell House Crew Chief Luis Colon noticed that ten downspouts were missing from several Lowell entryways, according to Lowell House Building Manager Robert Sammonds. Colon subsequently told Sammonds, who immediately informed HUPD...
...very careful not to explicitly say it intends to pursue a reconciliation strategy, which Republicans insist is a radical, undemocratic move - this, even though the GOP used it during the Bush presidency to pass two rounds of tax cuts. But during a briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said of the approach, "The avenue exists if one wants to pursue it." On an earlier call with reporters, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer declared, "We have made no determination which process to move forward," but then said, "The President expects and believes the American people deserve...
...been more than two decades since the last time we saw the majority actually make the minority put up or shut up on a filibuster. In 1988, while attempting to shut down a Republican filibuster of campaign finance reform legislation, then majority leader Robert Byrd even went so far as to invoke a power that hadn't been used since 1942: he dispatched the Senate sergeant-at-arms to arrest missing Senators and escort them to the floor. Oregon's Bob Packwood was carried onto the floor at 1:19 a.m., after a scuffle in which he attempted...