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April 4, 2005: American infantry are beginning to fear that the U.S. Air Force will take away their UAVs. And therein lies a very curious situation. After half a century of losing out to the U.S. Air Force in the competition for budget dollars, the American Army is making a major comeback. Ironically, it’s all about technology. The air force has always touted its mastery of high tech as a reason to get more money than the army. But the cheap and abundant tech has created new devices, namely smart bombs, UAVs and “smart binoculars,” that are putting a lot...

CONGRESS LEANING TOWARD 3.5% RAISE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS Thu Nov 18 2004 20:06:33 ET Key members of Congress and staff worked Thursday night to wrap up a fiscal 2005 spending package for federal agencies, and Capitol Hill aides predicted that the legislation would include a provision for a 3.5 percent pay raise for federal employees. WASH POST reporting on Firday: Despite losing every pay raise vote this year, the Bush administration tried Thursday to hang tough on the proposed raise. The White House budget office released a five-page letter to House and Senate appropriators on the spending package and repeated...

<p>NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER, Iraq -- This started as a good news story about bringing water to the desert. It still is, even though the water's not flowing yet. That's because this is also a story about why it is so hard to get things done in postwar Iraq.</p>

<p>I recently read an interesting article titled The Talent Myth— about the notion that if you take a bunch of talented people and put them into an organization, you can expect thereby to get a talented organization.</p> <p>It turns out not to be necessarily the case, but it got me to thinking.</p>

KfallsArizona Fire - Personal ReportThu Jun 27 10:43:09 2002152.163.201.69 Subject: FIRES: Re: Fires Burning in America - from buckland Folks,Here is another *personal report* from the FIRES zone. Pay attention to these personal reports - they seldom make the major media and are not subject to some reporter/editors spin. Many thanks to all who have taken the time to let us know the true story going on.Jackie JunttiWGEN idzrus@earthlink.net To: idzrus@earthlink.netDate: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:39:15 -0600Subject: Fw: Re: Fires Burning in AmericaFrom: gary l buckland Dear Jackie - It is a hobby of mine to "flip over" a lot...