Well it happened – twice, to be precise.
The Navy’s unmanned X-47B jet-powered drone made repeated, safe landings aboard the carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia Wednesday (irony alert: George H.W. Bush …
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“We are not much better off today than we were 10 years ago with regard to planning, executing, overseeing stabilization and reconstruction operations.”
— Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, testifying before a House panel Tuesday.
Boston Bombing Suspect Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ Before Judge — and Victims
On Wednesday afternoon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the April bombing at the Boston Marathon, appeared in court for his arraignment
What Happiness Looks Like On Instagram
We asked our followers to send us images that represented joy to them using the #TIMEHappiness. Here are the 18 of the most inspiring and imaginative submissions as selected by our photo editors.
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Contracting for Civilian Warplanes
Thumbing through Pentagon contracting documents can be mind-numbingly boring, although there’s far less chance of paper cuts these days since most documentation moved online. But the boilerplate requirements, specifications and …
A TBI Yardstick
Waging and preventing war are the foundations of national security. Innovative companies across the country are working on products for tomorrow’s fight. Here is Battleland’s continuing look at what looms on technology’s …
Nickeled, Dimed, and Dollared to Death: Fee-Laden Payroll Cards Forced On Low-Wage Workers
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Uncommanded Influence
You know it’s not a good letter in Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s inbox when the writer addresses him as “Charles.”
The latest such missive, written two days ago by John F. Sopko, the special inspector general for …
Lunch!
Supplies airdropped from a C-17 float to U.S. troops stationed near Ghorak, Kandahar province, June 27.
Obama’s Pyramid Scheme: Just What Is “Democracy,” Anyway?
Barack Obama paid his first and still only visit to Egypt in the late spring of 2009. As a new President looking to turn the page on the George W. Bush era, he traveled to Cairo to deliver an address meant to repair America’s …
Debate Rages Over Obama Definition of College Sexual Harassment
The Obama Administration wants a broader definition of sexual harassment to encourage more incident reporting
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What’s Your Service’s Waste Measurement?
The Pentagon’s top weapons-buyer, Frank Kendall, has issued a study trying to measure the way the U.S. military buys its hardware, smartly and otherwise.
It was the above chart that caught our eye. It details, by service, …
Filibustering Days Over, Wendy Davis Faces a Big Decision
As Rick Perry steps down, Texas Democrats are counting on the woman in pink sneakers