Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
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So far the Democrats look like better news for the defense industry than the Republicans, ... I don't see how anyone could disagree. The Democrats are on the record wanting to spend more money than Bush does. The Gore plan envisions spending $10 to $11 billion more a year on defense, whereas the Bush plan sees half as much (of an increase).
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The big question going forward is how intensive the military commitment to Iraq remains. If it stays at current levels, then the Army is facing a recruiting challenge every month for years to come.
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It's time for the administration to do a fundamental reassessment of what it is that we are willing to do in order to stabilize Iraq. The United States needs to draw a line in terms of how deep it is willing to be drawn into Iraqi domestic politics.
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Existing levels of demand are driving the market toward one provider of launch services.
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Cutting that much money from the program clearly foreshadows either program termination or a long delay and major restructuring.
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Cutting-edge military technology today is very similar to cutting-edge commercial technology. It's not clear we can control any of these dual-use technologies to stop them from reaching enemy hands.
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The government should never have tried to develop one system to meet the very different needs of the Army and Navy.
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You have to wonder where the Army thinks it's going after Iraq.
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What happened here is that the technology enthusiasts got far beyond what the laws of physics would allow.
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There's going to be big cuts in the spacecraft program.
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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.
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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?