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Iraqi Weapons Audit
AP – Audit shows – Nearly one of every 25 weapons the U.S. military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing and many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking, a government audit said Sunday. The … Continue reading
AQ Threat Reaction
CNN – The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said an al Qaeda threat last month to target Gulf oil terminals had resulted in stepped-up security and vigilance at … Continue reading
Embeds and Transparency
Weekly Standard – The government of the United States has no right to send our people off to war and keep secret that which it has no plausible military reason to keep secret. After all, American blood and treasure is … Continue reading
Relevance of the Dow
Pieter Dorsman (like me) doesn’t buy into the Dow being anything more than “a short-term market movement”. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Railroad Systems
Kevin M. Lynch gets it in this WaTimes Op-Ed – A network of nearly 200,000 miles of railroad stretches across America with thousands upon thousands of switches, turnouts, crossovers, bridges, trestles, tunnels and hundreds of railroad yards and thousands upon … Continue reading