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

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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"… tly upon CA capabilities, this decision should be revisited by the current Secretary of Defense.”Maj. Gen. David Morris, who commanded U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psych …"

Pentagon criticized for falling short on efficiencies

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Defense spends billions of dollars every year to maintain contract management, finances, and weapon acquisition. A report

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"… department to free up $28.3 billion in overhead costs.FAST FACT: In 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked the department to improve efficiency and reduce costs, …"

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Fourteen top Bush officials invested in Enron stock

By Derrick Wetherell

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2002 — Fourteen of the top 100 officials in the Bush administration owned stock in embattled energy services firm En

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"… fice of Science and TechnologyPolicyEnron$1,001$15,000StockRumsfeld, DonaldSecretary of DefenseEnron$1,001$15,000StockDeily, LinnetDeputy U.S. Trade RepresentativeEnron$1 …"

Investigation, audit reveal past mismanagement by Gore's campaign manager

By Bill Hogan

WASHINGTON, October 2, 1999 — On May 11, praising "his leadership skills and strategic vision," Vice President Al Gore named Tony Coelho gen

"I am the moderated wing of the self-defenses" — Carlos Castaño

By María Cristina Caballero

COLOMBIA, December 15, 1997 — In an improvised hut of soil floor and zinc roof, encrusted in the tragic blend of beauty and forgetfulness of

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"… ocess and export (coke). The growers are peasants.Q: The Defense Minister (Secretary of Defense) said that the “paras” sponsored coke-growing in the Middle Magdalena …"

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Overnight guests at governor's mansion added $2.2 million to Bush campaign

By Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2000 — Sixty of George W. Bush's overnight guests at the Texas Governor's Mansion have collectively given and raised m

Pentagon: We’re trying to break “the iron triangle”

By Nick Schwellenbach

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is “trying to break that tight bond between” the “iron triangle of Congress and industry and the bureaucra

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"… weapons and to eliminating waste while acting ethically and appropriately. …"

Warnings about revolving door in Pentagon from ex-lobbyist official

By Nick Schwellenbach and Nick Schwellenbach

At the dawn of a new administration, it’s fairly routine for top-level political appointees to remind their charges of the importance of eth

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"… ad ironic.The October 20, 2009 directive from William Lynn, the new Deputy Secretary of Defense, states that “operating within high ethical standards and with integrity …"

"… rved first as director of program analysis and evaluation in the office of Secretary of Defense, and then as DOD comptroller. Later he became the chief lobbyist for Rayth …"

Advisors of influence: Nine members of the Defense Policy Board have ties to defense contractors

By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi

Data by Aron Pilhofer WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 — Of the 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, the government-appointed group that advis

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"… ated.According to its charter, the board was set up in 1985 to provide the Secretary of Defense “with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning major matters …"

"… of defense policy.” The members are selected by and report to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—currently Douglas Feith, a former Reagan administration offic …"

"… , a former Reagan administration official. All members are approved by the Secretary of Defense. The board’s quarterly meetings—normally held over a two-day period— …"

"… staff for the Air Force, Fogleman has served as a military advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the President. He also served as comman …"

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