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added 2007 Wed Jun 13 22:06:03 by jules22
My mom insists I carry around a small tube of pepper spray even though it's illegal; which is why I was so taken by the pink stinger when I first saw it. Cute and compact, this tampon shaped stun gun is just what every girl needs for protection.
added 2007 Thu Jun 7 13:49:22 by rorarorekuku
President Putin need not worry about the US missile defense system as it does not work, according to a group of US scientists. The Union of Concerned Scientists made this statement even President Bush prepares to meet with his Russian counterpart tomorrow in Germany.
added 2007 Wed May 30 19:49:47 by STONERS
Russia's top diplomat accused the United States of launching a new arms race as the two nations traded barbs Wednesday over U.S. plans to erect a missile defense system in countries formally under Moscow's influence.
added 2007 Tue May 22 21:54:47 by pawfoots
I am all for the war. I agree that we should be spending whatever is necessary to continue the war and the fight. Having said that, I thought this article was interesting when they compared what else the $426 billion could be used for. Interesting stuff.
added 2007 Tue May 22 9:19:12 by STONERS
Japan and the U.S. plan to expand a joint study on missile defense by adding Australia amid concerns about North Korea 's weapons program, a news report said Tuesday.
added 2007 Sat May 19 4:25:15 by Aidenag
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons (R) has had a few brushes with the law recently over vacationing with defense contractors and grabbing a woman in a parking garage. Now that federal investigators are bearing down on him over an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme, Gibbons is likely to remain in the limelight.
added 2007 Fri May 18 3:26:05 by Aidenag
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would require the secretary of defense to draw up a plan to transfer all detainees out of Guantanamo.
added 2007 Thu May 17 5:04:31 by bubba2
Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary".
added 2007 Wed May 16 5:02:09 by STONERS
Japan and the U.S. need to boost technological research on intercepting high-flying missiles, such as a new ballistic missile reportedly developed by North Korea , Japan's defense minister said Tuesday.

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added 2007 Mon May 14 23:07:12 by jcolman
To cut back on US taxpayer generated payroll being sunk into Defense Department employee time-wasting surfing sites like MySpace and YouTube, the Pentagon has banned 13 sites from being reached from its network, all but citing such 'recreational traffic' as a National security threat.
added 2007 Thu May 10 3:50:25 by populist
House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton (D-MO) "dealt a blow to the human-rights community by failing to include provisions to overhaul GOP legislation governing military tribunals in the 2008 defense authorization bill.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 5:13:02 by Stephen Johnson
On Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani accused his Democratic opponents of being weak on terrorism. "The Democrats do not understand the full nature and scope of the terrorist war against us," Giuliani said. On Thursday, at their debate in Orangeburg, South Carolina, two of the three leading Democratic candidates did
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 21:11:09 by populist
Switzerland has year after year turned in one of the world's lowest murder rates even while sending machine guns to every home of every member of their citizen army. And they do not keep their machine guns in safes or encumbered with trigger locks. They keep them at the ready.
added 2007 Fri Mar 23 20:31:57 by STONERS
Russia has nothing to fear from a missile defense shield the United States wants to deploy in Eastern Europe because the rockets would be too light, too slow and too close to pose a threat, a U.S. envoy said Friday.
added 2007 Wed Mar 14 16:58:23 by charbarred
band called Army Defense has just released an album called "77 World Tour" in which they recorded a song for every country in the world. The album consists of 191 songs(!), all of which are fully produced and realized.
added 2007 Sat Mar 10 14:34:17 by pagey
The US military has been quietly working on an array of defenses against attacks on its satellites, including tiny new satellites that could one day be armed for wars in space, analysts say.
added 2007 Fri Mar 2 17:10:46 by Aidenag
President Bush's planned escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq will require as many as 28,500 troops, Pentagon officials told a Senate committee Thursday. In January, Bush said he would send 21,500 more combat troops to Iraq. England said 6,000 to 7,000 support troops will be needed to back up the larger combat force.
added 2007 Fri Mar 2 6:00:16 by populist
The sad truth is no one will be held accountable, and there will be no trials or prosecutions for the countless innocents that have been killed in America's foreign wars. The result is that the politicians are further emboldened to wage even more wars in the future.
added 2007 Wed Feb 28 21:35:15 by Ousama
A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change.
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 18:18:56 by Varadinum
Embattled Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz faced fresh criticism Friday after newspapers published photos of him trying to watch military maneuvers with the lens cap still on his binoculars.
added 2007 Tue Feb 20 3:06:33 by populist
Poland and the Czech Republic have been warned that they risk becoming Russian military targets if they go ahead with plans to host bases for a US missile defence shield.
added 2007 Thu Feb 15 20:03:33 by unknown user
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added 2007 Thu Jan 25 16:49:20 by bhartzer
The US Defense Department has unveiled what it called a revolutionary heat-beaming weapon that could be used to control mobs or repel foes in conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
added 2007 Wed Jan 17 10:16:25 by Aidenag
A Defense Department database devoted to gathering information on potential threats to military facilities and personnel, known as Talon, had 13,000 entries as of a year ago -- including 2,821 reports involving American citizens, according to an internal Pentagon memo to be released today by the American Civil Liberties Union.
added 2007 Tue Jan 16 17:32:27 by Neophile
Donald Rumsfeld resume which omits his position as Defense Secretary in the current Bush administration was leaked to the press Monday, approximately one month after his departure from the post.
added 2007 Fri Jan 12 7:30:07 by choo22
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added 2006 Fri Aug 4 21:51:00 by Neophile
The Defense Department quietly asked Congress on Monday to raise the maximum age for military recruits to 42 for all branches of the service.