Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
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It's just to guarantee that we're not left blind against an enemy missile launch.
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This is an interesting twist on an argument that the Air Force has been pursuing for some time on the need to cut its purchases of Joint Strike Fighters. The Air Force has settled on a number of about 1,100.
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It is so uncommon for senior military officers in the United States to criticize civilian leaders that it has to make an impression on the White House and Congress.
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It's not hard to see where this story ends -- he won't be effective in office. He's losing his ability to execute his agenda.
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This is very good news for Boeing at a time when its space operations seemed to be faltering.
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They're expecting that the government will publicly disclose its approval of the transaction, with conditions, this month.
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This base closure is the roar that moused, ... It started out being very ambitious, but ended up being modest.
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They're using them at a very rapid pace in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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They're (the Emirates) not going to retaliate because they need us. Who is going to protect that little outpost of modernity on the Arabian Peninsula if it isn't us?
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A prolonged shut down of spare parts production potentially endangers Army readiness. There's no way Sikorsky can maintain a high rate of production without the Teamsters on the line.
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The British are going to spend billions on this, and they're concerned they won't really understand the technology of what they're buying. They don't want to be treated like a Third World arms dealer. They're saying, ' If you can't trust us, how can we trust you?
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Rumsfeld will have been so weakened by this process that as the election approaches the White House will signal that his resignation wouldn't be unwelcome.
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Rumsfeld was a buffer between the president and public criticism and staying behind him was a sign of Bush's strength. Now Rumsfeld is becoming the cause of the criticism and standing behind him could be interpreted as a sign of weakness.
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The sad thing is that in the effort to demonstrate that it is being diligent, the agency is undermining popular support for any manned spaceflight. It enforces the public's apprehension of human spaceflight.