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  • The US's Stealth Fighter Is Too Heavy and Slow

    So the Pentagon Made Its Performance Tests Easier

    The Pentagon's pursuit of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet has been a heartbreaking one. If you're a taxpayer, the program's estimated $1 trillion price tag probably breaks your heart a little bit. Full story

    2013 Feb 12 Adam Clark Estes News
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  • A Mercy Killing in Kabul

    Fifteen days ago, I saw the guy my cousin hired to kill my father. He was in a garden in Kabul. I was carrying a gun and I was walking down the street and I shot him and I killed him. A friend had offered me two, three guns to kill the guy but I only needed one. Full story

    2013 Jan 7 J. Malcolm Garcia News
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  • I Was David Petraeus's Bitch in the 90s and I Hated Every Second of It

    Back in 1996, I was a starry-eyed West Point lieutenant in the storied 82nd Airborne Division. I had just graduated from Ranger School and the 2nd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was my new home—my first assignment. I loved the Army back then. Then David "Mr. B… Full story

    2012 Nov 12 Hawkeye Pierce Stuff
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