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Federal contract protests hit 10-year high in 2008
WASHINGTON -- There were more challenges to federal contracts in 2008 than any year in the past decade, as companies fought over fewer multibillion-dollar projects.
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Study Criticizes Bush Approach to War Funding, Calls for Changes
President-elect Barack Obama's administration needs to monitor war spending much more closely than the current White House has, according to a new study that criticizes President Bush's approach to funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- a bill that is projected to approach nearly $1 trillion next...
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Defense Expert William Kaufmann
William W. Kaufmann, 90, a political scientist and Pentagon adviser who helped shape Cold War nuclear defense strategy and later became a leading critic of Defense Department spending, died Dec. 14 at Hearthstone at Choate, an Alzheimer's care center in Woburn, Mass.
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Kurds in N. Iraq Receive Arms From Bulgaria
BAGHDAD -- Kurdish officials this fall took delivery of three planeloads of small arms and ammunition imported from Bulgaria, three U.S. military officials said, an acquisition that occurred outside the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq's central government.
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Defense Secretary Breaks From Past to Ensure Smooth Transition
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is approaching the presidential transition unlike any of his predecessors.
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