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September 2005

Anyone going to next week’s Association of the U.S. Army convention in DC? I can’t make it. But I’d be psyched to have a set of eyes check out the event on Defense Tech’s behalf. E-mail me at defense-AT-defensetech-DOT-org if you’re interested.

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I went to Popular Mechanics’ Breakthrough Awards last night with pretty low motives: a chance to schmooze with some of the editors who pay my rent. Maybe I’d grab a beer or four in the process. Instead, I walked out uplifted by one of the most inspiringly cool stories I had heard in months. It […]

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* Iraq’s one batallion army * Doom maker’s space ship * Spy sats targeted * SARS source found * Grumpy old men invade nuke lab * Best. Fundraiser. Ever. * Who needs steriods?

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Everyone in uniform knows that life ain’t fair — that, sooner or later, the government they’re trying to defend is going to mess with them, somehow. Set up roadblocks. Make their mission harder. Treat them less than fairly. It’d be crazy to expect anything less from a bureaucracy as giant and disjointed as the Defense […]

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* Court: release Abu Ghraib pics * D.I.Y. air force * Robot’s “treasure island” loot * Nuke lab’s hiring freeze * Iraqi insurgency: how big? * Galloway, beyond pissed * MVP, so slick (Big ups: Intel Dump)

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