[ClearCase_guy]

Short summary:
Is Obama spending too much on the military, expanding the DOD and related departments to an unprecedented extent, doing everything he can to benefit big military contractors like Northrop, Lockheed, Boeing and Raytheon?

Answer:
No.

[Gluteus Maximus]

I speak Russian and ever since the Ukrainian thing began a few months ago I have been keeping an eye on federal jobs posted that require knowledge of the Russian language as a sort of indirect way to monitor the Obama Administration's response.

I believe that every federal job is supposed to be posted here, although I think that oftentimes jobs are not. So, admittedly, maybe I'm missing a few.

I have seen only a few jobs requiring knowledge of Russian posted - most for things like bi-lingual phone reps for the Social Security Administration or National Park tour guides and things like that. Only a couple in any way related to national security.

Check it out: today, there were ZERO jobs posted that required Russian language skills. I urge all to go to www.usajobs.gov and see for themselves.

Nada. Zippo. Nyet!

I'm really shocked. Maybe I shouldn't be, but I mean after Putin annexed the Crimea and started threatening to take more Ukrainian territory I was expecting some sort of sign that things were gearing up for some kind of credible confrontation. But no.

This is hardly the portrait of an administration deeply engaged in countering Russian aggression. I'm sure that the Russians must know this. The Obama Administration clearly isn't interested in confronting Russia in any meaningful way.