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Pentagon prepares for wartime transition Pentagon officials have begun preparing for the first transfer of power during war since Vietnam. They insist that the complicated transfer from the Bush administration to the Obama administration will go smoothly. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Pentagon releases memo on harsh tactics
(AP) AP - The Pentagon on Tuesday made public a now-defunct legal memo that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects, saying that President Bush's wartime authority trumps any international ban on torture. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Message Machine: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand The Pentagon has cultivated “military analysts” in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the Bush administration’s wartime performance. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Officials: Obama to ask Gates to stay at Pentagon
(AP) AP - Seeking experience in wartime, President-elect Barack Obama intends to re-enlist Defense Secretary Robert Gates as head of the Pentagon — if only temporarily — and has chosen a retired Marine general to be White House national security adviser, officials said Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Gates expected to use new clout to scale back Pentagon weapons plans - Los Angeles Times Washington PostGates expected to use new clout to scale back Pentagon weapons plansLos Angeles Times - 2 hours agoExpensive projects like the Future Combat Systems program and more F-22 fighter jets may give way to blimps and light planes for current conflicts.A Fig Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama prepares for full assault on Clinton - Chicago Tribune Turkish PressObama prepares for full assault on ClintonChicago Tribune - 3 hours agoPLAINFIELD, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama is trying to air his dirty laundry -- even some items that might appear just a little wrinkled -- as he prepares a full assault on Sen. Hillary Clin Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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For Microsoft shops, Silverlight 2.0 trumps Flash With the imminent release of Silverlight 2.0, developers and Web designers, particularly those already working in Microsoft IT environments, will have the first viable alternative technology to Adobe Flash for building rich Internet applications, analysts and develope Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Pentagon plays down fears over Afghan violence - Reuters AFPPentagon plays down fears over Afghan violenceReuters - 1 hour agoBy David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday sought to play down the seriousness of growing violence in Afghanistan but declined to say the United States and NATO were winning their Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Gets High Marks for Transition President-elect Obama's honeymoon is underway: 67% in a new ABC News poll approve of his work on the transition so far."Approval of Obama's handling of the transition is slightly better than Bill Clinton's 62% in mid-November 1992. Clinton improved from there, to 72% in mid-December an Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Exclusive Interview: California Stem Cell Chief Prepares to Dole Out $300 Million The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's new president sits down for an exclusive interview with Wired News as the agency prepares to distribute $263 million for new stem cell facilities. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Exclusive Interview: California Stem Cell Chief Prepares to Dole Out $300 Million The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's new president sits down for an exclusive interview with Wired News as the agency prepares to distribute $263 million for new stem cell facilities. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Pentagon not ready for attack response in US: study - Reuters CBS NewsPentagon not ready for attack response in US: studyReuters - 6 hours agoBy Kristin Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is not prepared to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological or nuclear attack within the United States, placing Americans at ris Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pentagon seeks death penalty for alleged 9/11 planner - Reuters Chosun IlboPentagon seeks death penalty for alleged 9/11 plannerReuters - 2 hours agoBy Kristin Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday charged the alleged planner of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and five others with murder and consp Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Virginia Tech quietly prepares for shooting anniversary - The Associated Press PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)Virginia Tech quietly prepares for shooting anniversaryThe Associated Press - 4 hours agoBLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The signs of Virginia Tech's solemn anniversary seemed easy to miss Tuesday on a campus filled, like any other, with backpac Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in Afghanistan - New York Times Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in AfghanistanNew York Times - 5 hours agoBy STEVEN LEE MYERS and THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is considering sending as many as 7000 more American troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NA Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pope Benedict XVI prepares apology for Australian victims of - Times Online BBC NewsPope Benedict XVI prepares apology for Australian victims ofTimes Online - 45 minutes agoPope Benedict XVI arrived for a week-long celebration of youth and religion yesterday with a promise to apologise to Australian victims of sexual abuse in the Church.Pop Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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White House Sets Up Transition Team to Assist Next President - Washington Post AFPWhite House Sets Up Transition Team to Assist Next PresidentWashington Post - 4 hours agoBy Dan Eggen President Bush signed an order today creating a special council to govern the transition to a new administration in January, marking another major step toward the e Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Transition Seeks to Avoid Clinton Mistakes "The best-kept secret in Washington is that Barack Obama has the largest and most disciplined presidential transition team anyone can recall," the Financial Times reports. "Transition insiders, who are under strict orders from the Obama campaign not to talk to the media to avoid givi Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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US Lawmakers to Question Pentagon Officials About War Costs - Voice of America Christian Science MonitorUS Lawmakers to Question Pentagon Officials About War CostsVoice of America - 2 hours agoBy Dan Robinson In appearances before Congress on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a top military official are expected to underscore decreas Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pentagon Calls on Burma's Junta to Accept Aid - Voice of America All American Patriots (press release)Pentagon Calls on Burma's Junta to Accept AidVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy Al Pessin The Pentagon is calling on Burma's leaders to "put their pride aside" and allow more international help for victims of the cyclone that hit the c Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |