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Air Force brass: Name that tanker
The SwampArtist's depiction of a KC-45A refueling a B-2 stealth bomber. (AP Photo/Northrop Grumman Corp) by Aamer Madhani The Government Accountability Office is still pondering Boeing Co.'s appeal on the Air Force's decision to award a $35 billion tanker...Tags: Defense, Politics, Boeing Co., Aerospace Manufacturing, Contracts
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Federal offense: Fake war heroism
The Swampby John Crewdson Dick Agnew, a retired Army major, was hunting for a parking place at Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport when something stopped him cold. Agnew had just passed a car bearing a rare Legion of Valor license plate,......Tags: Justice System, Drunk Driving, Corporate Crime, Trials, Fraud
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McClellan's mea culpa: Day Three
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that Washington and the Bush White House have had a few days to digest Scott McClellan's embarrassing book about the political "propaganda'' campaign that the White House ran for the war in Iraq, McClellan is facing......Tags: Arts and Culture, Diplomacy, Executive Branch, White House, Democracy
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Obama: Concentration camp confusion
Spin CycleYesterday, Obama made reference to having an uncle who served in World War Two, and was traumatized by his role in liberating Auschwitz. Fox News, ever vigilant, responded with a piece recalling that the Russian Army liberated Auschwitz, and......Tags: Family, Defense, Barack Obama, Politics
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'Lessons learned:' Hundreds a day
The Swampby John Crewdson Introducing an occasional Swamp feature in which we attempt the vital but thankless task of keeping track of government's efforts to avoid admitting it has made a mistake by classifying the screw-up as a "lesson learned"--as though......Tags: Defense, National Government, Emergency Incidents, Meteorological Disasters, Louisiana
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Violence plummets in Iraq in May
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The month of May is on track to be the least deadly month for troops serving in Iraq since February 2004. As of late Friday, the Pentagon reported that 21 coalition troops--19 Americans and two Georgians--died in......Tags: Defense, Politics, Wars and Interventions
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McCain calls for Iran divestment effort
The SwampSen. John McCain acknowledges the crowd prior to his address to the 2008 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center June 2, 2008. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Jill Zuckman Speaking to.......Tags: Defense, Foreign Aid, Barack Obama, National Government, Terrorism
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Bush: 'Pentagon will run out of money'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush has been waiting a long time for a new war funding bill. The Defense Department is running out of time, the president says. "The Pentagon will run out of money it needs to support critical......Tags: Government, Defense, State Budgets, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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NBC correspondent to Bush: Be diplomat
The Swampby Aamer Madhani One of the most interesting anecdotes in NBC Iraq correspondent Richard Engel's new book didn't take place on the streets of Baghdad but in the Oval Office. In February 2007, weeks after President Bush announced his plans......Tags: Government, Defense, National Government, Diplomacy, Executive Branch
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Obama vs. McCain: Study in contrasts
The Swampby Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in......Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Public Finance, Medical Services, White House
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Gates picks new AF secretary, chief
The Swampby Aamer Madhani Defense Secretary Robert Gates has picked the two men he would like to see take the place of the ousted Air Force secretary and the service's top man in uniform. Gates has recommended President Bush nominate the......Tags: Defense, Government, National Government, Politics, George W. Bush
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Laura Bush admires Clinton's 'grit'
The Swampby Katie Fretland In an interview in Ljubljana, Slovenia, ahead of President Bush's last U.S.-European Union summit, the first lady said she admired Sen. Hillary Clinton's "grit and strength" during the Democratic primaries. Laura Bush told ABC News'...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, Diplomacy, Executive Branch
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