Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

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"… cally pay less than at a storefront payday lender. So how much is too much?Pentagon rules prohibit loans to active-duty service members for more than 36 perce …"

Report alleges problems in military’s brain injury study in Iraq

By Jeremy Borden

IG criticizes traumatic brain injury study of soldiers in Iraq

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"… raq, between December 2008 and March 2009,and involved 80 service members, Pentagon IG spokesman Gary Comerford said.About 60,000 service members have been di …"

"… “It shouldn’t take three years to see what’s going on.”He said the Pentagon is finally paying attention to traumatic brain injury. The old mindset, Au …"

Pentagon's failure to share biometric data prevents DHS and FBI from identifying terrorists

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon's biometric standards aren't compatible with FBI and Homeland Security

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"… system of 94 million records. …"

"… to identify criminals, terrorists and national security threats. But the Pentagon’s failure to adopt uniform standards for information sharing means that …"

"… r agencies.A review by the Government Accountability Office found that the Pentagon has not applied its own standards thoroughly. The Army’s primary collect …"

"… for 13 percent of the 4.8 million biometric records maintained by DOD.The Pentagon said it is in the process of updating the standards again but it has no pr …"

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Military transformation in Korea, Japan and Guam will cost tens of billions

By Laurel Adams

GAO: Multibillion-dollar estimate for transforming military in Asia may be much higher

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"… will increase the current population of the island by about 14 percent. …"

"… nd require major construction of new facilities and housing units. But the Pentagon has yet to figure out a total price tag for the venture or consider more c …"

"… ion that would be shared by the U.S. and Japan to fund these projects. The Pentagon declined to share its cost estimates for the projects.One initiative, call …"

"… ch could cost $5 billion by 2020 and $22 billion or more through 2050. The Pentagon did not perform a cost alternative analysis for tour normalization.  …"

The relentless pursuit of Osama bin Laden changed over 10 years

By John Solomon

ANALYSIS: Pursuit changed over 10 years

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"… he Bush administration, U.S. officials began to adjust their thinking. The Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command — home to Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, a …"

"… realtime intelligence of his whereabouts, despite the distrust the CIA and Pentagon held for that country's intelligence services.The transition between presi …"

The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks li

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"… axpayer dollars are well spent. Among the current and recent probes by the Pentagon, congressional panels, and federal investigators:Up to $300 million in sub …"

"… essential, but often “they don’t take this as seriously as we do,” a Pentagon criminal investigator told the Center and the Fund.Prosecutions often rely …"

"… d not tell the Wartime Contracting Commission hearing in July how much the Pentagon spent on foreign subcontractors, saying he could only estimate it was “l …"

"… beginning in 2005, according to the documents. The investigation, which a Pentagon source says is ongoing, focuses on alleged subcontractor kickback schemes …"

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JIEDDO: The Manhattan Project that bombed

By Peter Cary and Nancy Youssef

The Pentagon’s main effort to counter improvised explosive devices has spent $17 billion, but the results have been disappointing by almost

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"… ared: the roadside bomb.So in February 2006, with casualties mounting, the Pentagon responded by creating a new agency designed to attack the problem by harne …"

"… nistan veteran, takes an equally harsh view. He is sure, he says, that the Pentagon and its anti-IED agencies and task forces (JIEDDO is far from the only one …"

"… e ‘silver bullet’ to defeat IEDs,” they wrote. They cited a separate Pentagon report which reportedly chided JIEDDO: “Its emphasis on multi-million do …"

"… nate with the services before building anti-IED devices. And sometimes the Pentagon failed to coordinate with itself. For instance, JIEDDO funded a man-portab …"

A timeline of who won and who lost in the decade since the worst terror attacks on U.S. soil

By Sandy Johnson

An analysis of the winners and losers over the last decade

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"… re have come home wounded.Winner: Bob Gates, whose solid leadership of the Pentagon stands in marked contrast to his predecessor, and Leon Panetta, a congress …"

State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

IG questions whether State Department is ready to take over many reconstruction tasks in Iraq

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"… tment and contractors comes at a time when the IG has been critical of the Pentagon and State for being incapable of tracking where reconstruction dollars go …"

"… were committed by private security contractors working for State, not the Pentagon. This includes the alleged shooting of Iraqi civilians by Triple Canopy pe …"

Whistleblower bill close to winning Senate approval

By Laurel Adams and Aaron Mehta

A landmark bill to protect government whistleblowers is expected to win U.S. Senate approval this month, according to two advocacy groups, e

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"… ill is being brought up in part to try and stop further leaks of sensitive Pentagon and State Department documents to WikiLeaks and other outside groups. Van …"

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