Help for the little guys: Congress' small business advocate
has harsh words for DHS.(SECURITY BEAT: HOMELAND DEFENSE BRIEFS)
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* If your small business has a beef with the Department of Homeland
Security, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland
Security Committee, wants to . . .
"The nation currently has a consolidated 20th Century
defense industry, not the required and transformed 21st Century national
s
"The nation currently has a consolidated 20th Century defense
industry, not the required and transformed 21st Century national
security industrial base it needs for the future."
Defense Science . . .
"Many of our coalition partners use Web 2.0 technology
better than the Defense Department does.".
"Many of our coalition partners use Web 2.0 technology better
than the Defense Department does."
Brig. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, deputy director of policy and resources
at Air Force headquarters.
. . .
Entitlements grew 60 percent in the past eight years in real
terms.
"Entitlements grew 60 percent in the past eight years in real
terms. A good part went to retirees."
Steve Kosiak, budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments. He says . . .
State Dept. draws lessons from 'Cola wars'.(WASHINGTON
PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
* Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously declared that
the United States is badly losing the "war of ideas."
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According to James Glassman, undersecretary for . . .
Renewed calls to privatize public diplomacy.(WASHINGTON PULSE:
NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
* The U.S. military took a public relations beating when one of its
PR contractors paid Iraqi newspapers to print propaganda disguised as
news stories. That unfortunate experience, however, has not . . .
Now they're telling us?(WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE
THE BELTWAY)(on terrorist groups, and United States'
counterterrorism
* Good news: All terrorist groups eventually end. The bad news,
alas, is that the United States has the wrong counterterrorism strategy,
concludes a recent Rand Corp. study.
Researchers examined . . .
Booming market: global arms sales top $1.3 trillion.(WASHINGTON
PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY)(Brief article)
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* Military spending around the globe shows no signs of slowing
down. The world spent nearly $1.3 trillion on armaments in 2007--2.5
percent of the planet's gross domestic . . .
Soldiers as Samaritans: what's the right balance?(DEFENSE
WATCH)
* Where does one draw the line between philanthropy and national
security?
The boundaries between the two have become increasingly fuzzier
during the past two decades. It's almost as if troops . . .
Virtual reality.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ...
SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* In the June 2008 article, "Troops Don't Always Benefit
From Virtual Reality Training," (Washington Pulse, p. 10) Clay
Wilson's mistake is that the modern U.S. military never looks at
any one . . .
Selling weapons overseas.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS
... SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* I would think that selling our weapons to anyone who can afford
to buy them is a good thing ("Export Controls: A Contentious Issue
Reaching a 'Boiling Point," July 2008). It keeps our . . .
Turf battles.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ...
SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* I am not certain that you want to hear from cranky academics, but
I think your Defense Watch piece in the July 2008 issue, "Pentagon
Bracing for Yet Another Round of Turf Battles," was way off . . .
Waste of money.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ...
SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* I wanted to comment on your July 2008 article, "Marine Corps
Lab Eyes Unmanned Aircraft for Battlefield Re-Supply."
When does the insanity end?
Anyone can understand the logic of smaller . . .
Wrong target.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ...
SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
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* In reference to the May issue of National Defense magazine, I was
amazed at your article, "In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under
Fire."
The cover proclaims "Call for . . .
Defense and innovation.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS
... SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* Your article "Despite SecDef's Pleas, Pentagon Is
Losing the Innovation War," (Defense Watch, June 2008) was dead on.
There are so many problems within defense procurement it is difficult to
know . . .
Collaboration is key to meeting war fighter technology
needs.(PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE)
* At a time when U.S. forces are heavily engaged in two major wars
and preparing for an unpredictable future, it is more important than
ever to make sure the nation develops the right technologies . . .
Women in Defense.(2008 Mega Directory)
WOMEN IN DEFENSE, A NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION
Cultivating and supporting the advancement and recognition of women
in all aspects of national security is the mission of Women In Defense,
A . . .
Affiliates.(2008 Mega Directory)(Directory)
ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION.
People--Process--Technology--Information
Corporations, universities, government agencies and individuals
join AFEI to:
* Network with government and . . .
NDIA Chapter locations.(2008 Mega Directory)
CHAPTERS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
ABERDDEN PROVING GROUP CHAPTER (Central Maryland) Chartered 16
August 1944 Website: http://www.ndiaapg.org/
President
Patrick A. Endres, Jacobs Engineering,
. . .
Government policy.(2008 Mega Directory)
The following divisions are overseen by NDIA's Vice President
for Government Policy, Peter M. Steffes.
Government Policy Advisory Division
The Government Policy Advisory Division is responsible . . .
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