Coast Guard fleet slowed by mechanical woes during BP, Haiti rescues

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

In the wee-morning hours after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter being dispatched to pluck oil rig survivors f

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"… d its rescue aircraft were on average 23 years old.Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon official in the Reagan administration who now works as a senior fellow at …"

Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Over the last eight years, the U.S. government has conducted four major drills to prepare for a massive oil spill, the results of which fore

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"… why it took so long to declare the spill an emergency, why it didn’t use Pentagon planes sooner to spray dispersants and why it lacked a ready supply of spe …"

"… s responsible for acquiring [needed] resources for the field.”Activating Pentagon help, spraying dispersants cited as concernThe Obama administration also h …"

"… bama administration also has received some criticism for waiting to deploy Pentagon planes and ships to drop chemical dispersant to help contain the widening …"

"… .Yet, prior reports after spill exercises warned about the need to marshal Pentagon resources.While the government’s reliance on Navy salvage ships “in co …"

Kuklo, target of Army probe, a top recipient of Medtronic travel

If you read today's New York Times, you're likely familiar with the story of former Army surgeon Timothy R. Kuklo, a paid consultant to Medt

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"… ’s top recipients of Medtronic travel money, according to an analysis of Pentagon travel data being conducted by the Center for Public Integrity, Northweste …"

"… ll requests for educational support are reviewed by ethics officers at the Pentagon prior to authorization.”Look for more on the Pentagon’s travel habits …"

"… cs officers at the Pentagon prior to authorization.”Look for more on the Pentagon’s travel habits in coming weeks, when the Center, Medill, and AP release …"

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Cost of pursuing bin Laden? Half a trillion and climbing

By John Aloysius Farrell and Aaron Mehta

Cost of chasing bin Laden won't stop climbing with his death

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"… additional $496 billion may be required to fund war-related costs for the Pentagon, State Department and veteran’s benefits, the CRS said.The anticipated t …"

"… th shortages of trainers and extensive corruption. The White House and the Pentagon do not have a timeline for the transition.As the war in Iraq draws to a cl …"

USDA is inconsistent in testing food headed for school cafeterias

By Laurel Adams

USDA testing is uneven for produce, meats sent to school meals program

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"… r these additional strains of E. coli.Tainted food continues to plague the food supply. Last month, Jennie-O Turkey recalled 54,960 pounds of frozen and raw turk …"

Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… uns.Rumsfeld repeatedly sent “snowflake” memos to top officials in the Pentagon and the field demanding answers, and in 2006 he ordered a reorganization o …"

"… 2005 as a Civil Affairs officer. Credit: Gordon King/The Yakima HeraldThe Pentagon has sought to compensate for these gaps in recent years by reorganizing th …"

"… missions.” This was one of a half dozen memos Rumsfeld penned to various Pentagon officials suggesting that Civil Affairs be removed from Special Operations …"

"… potential for effectiveness in the fight.”As recently as April 2009, the Pentagon in a report to Congress acknowledged the shortcomings of its reliance on r …"

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Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

U.S. spending on overseas police training has jumped nearly 2,000 percent in the past two decades

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"… d State Department, but the total includes small amounts also spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Energy and Justice Departments, the GAO said.While Afghanistan an …"

Show me the oversight

By Matthew Lewis

It must be the month of the watchdog in Missouri. GOP gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof pledged last week to create a nonpartisan state

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"… in Washington, D.C. — we still have $600 hammers being purchased by the Pentagon.”Among other states, Delaware representatives floated the idea in 2007, …"

Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

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"… l in development. …"

Unproven for older women, digital mammography saps Medicare dollars

By Joe Eaton, Elizabeth Lucas and David Donald

High-tech, digital mammography may not be any better at detecting breast cancer in women over 65 than older film-based systems, but Medicare

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"… n-CIA Director James Woolsey said in 1994, during an announcement that the Pentagon, the CIA and other government agencies would turn over military surveillan …"

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