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Ear to the Ground: Military Establishment Takes Three Whacks at Robert Gates

Ear to the Ground: A Look at the ‘Bush-Obama’ Presidency

Ear to the Ground: 400,000 Brain-Injured Veterans Due Home From Afghanistan and Iraq

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Afghanistan, ‘Newtiny’ and the Weiner Effect

Reports: Spare Us the Propaganda on Afghanistan

Reports: On His Way Out, Gates Talks About ‘Access’ to Asia

Ear to the Ground: ‘Leave the Shooters Until Last,’ Gates Urges

A/V Booth: And Now, Your Obligatory Presidential Memorial Day Speech

Ear to the Ground: General Passed Over for Giving Obama Advice

Ear to the Ground: SEALs, Grandma Obama Getting ‘Pumped Up’ Security

Ear to the Ground: Attack of the Drones Begins in Libya

Ear to the Ground: Saudis Play Into Radical islam’s Hands

Ear to the Ground: With Libya, Sec. Gates Puts His Foot Down

Cartoons: Hillary and Gates

Reports: Still in the Dark About 9/11

Ear to the Ground: Two U.S. Ships En Route to Libya

Reports: Arab Revolutions Need Not Be Americanized

Ear to the Ground: Gates Warns Against Wars Like Iraq and Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Clinton’s Cautious Words for Bahrain

Ear to the Ground: Team Obama Divided on Egypt Approach

Reports: China’s Growing Military Might and American Rashness

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Aiming to Slash Military Spending

A/V Booth: Gates: Assange’s Arrest Is ‘Good News’

Ear to the Ground: Gates to Congress: Toss Out DADT

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Survey: Dropping ‘DADT’ Wouldn’t Cause Wartime Strife

Ear to the Ground: Iraq’s PM Heads to Iran for Advice

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Exploring Talks with Taliban in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Robert Gates Wants You ... and Your Children

Reports: Are Obama’s Hands Tied?

Reports: There’s Nothing Surgical About Cluster Bombs

Ear to the Ground: Gates Looks for an Out in 2011

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon, WikiLeaks Clash Again

Ear to the Ground: Despite New Cuts, Obama Will Spend More than Bush on Military

Reports: The No-Win War

A/V Booth: Gen. McChrystal’s Last Champion

Ear to the Ground: Gates Defends U.S. Soldiers’ Actions in Infamous Video

Ear to the Ground: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Announcement Coming Thursday (Update: Video)

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon May Not Wait for Congress on Gays in Military

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Puts a Hold on Troop Increase Request

Ear to the Ground: McChrystal’s Report Could Change Obama’s Afghanistan Plan

Ear to the Ground: Top U.S. General Calls for Strategy Change in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Afghanistan Surge Limited by ‘Dwell Time’

Ear to the Ground: House Grounds Fancy Plane Plan

A/V Booth: UAVs: The Future of Warfare in America

Reports: Deep-Sixing the F-22

Reports: Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

Ear to the Ground: Gates Orders a Change of Command in Afghanistan

Reports: Taking a Page From the Bush Playbook

A/V Booth: Gates: ‘Everybody Knows We Still Have the Big Stick’

Ear to the Ground: Backlash Over Defense Budget Cuts Begins

Ear to the Ground: Defense Secretary Trims Fat Around the Edges

Ear to the Ground: Obama Zeroes In on Afghanistan

A/V Booth: Will Iran Come Out of the Nuclear Closet?

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon to Revoke Coffin-Filming Ban

Ear to the Ground: Guantanamo Judge, Obama at Odds Over Trial Delay

Reports: President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale

Reports: Will Obama Stay the Course?

A/V Booth: Gates Was ‘Hoping the Question Would Never Be Popped’

Ear to the Ground: Gates Might Stick Around

Reports: Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama

Ear to the Ground: Blackwater Plans to Back Away From Security Biz

Ear to the Ground: Heads Roll at Air Force

Ear to the Ground: Gates: Another Mideast War Would be ‘Disastrous’

Ear to the Ground: Sadr: U.S. Will Always Be Enemy

Ear to the Ground: Gates Ponders Delaying Iraq Drawdown

Ear to the Ground: Army to Discipline 7 in Tillman Case, ABC Reports

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Sticks to Its Missiles in Eastern Europe

Ear to the Ground: White House Boots Joint Chiefs Chairman

Ear to the Ground: The Next Cold War?

Ear to the Ground: Russia Won’t Budge on Missile Defense

Ear to the Ground: Stretched Military Extends Tours to Keep Surge Going

Ear to the Ground: Keeping Up With the Surge

Ear to the Ground: Defense Secretary Asks Congress to Close Gitmo

Ear to the Ground: Defense Secretary Wanted Gitmo Closed

Ear to the Ground: Escalating the Surge

Ear to the Ground: Defense Secretary: Surge Not Our ‘Last Chance’

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