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War in Afghanistan: 'People Have Lost Interest' -- Politics Daily
"A congressional hearing was called last week to examine the "civilian surge'' and why it is taking so long to implement.
Pentagon and State Department officials appeared in a packed hearing room of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
But after a 15-minute wait, the hearing was postponed, indefinitely.
Congressmen were too busy to attend the hearing, it turned out.
They were voting on, among other legislation, a measure that prohibits the federal government from purchasing light bulbs without the power-saving "Energy Star'' designation by the Federal Energy Management Program.
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Do Computer-Based Games Facilitate Knowledge Acquisition and Retention? - Military Psychology
Army brings armed robots home from Iraq over control issues - Engadget
Although other countries have deployed gun-toting robots and there's no shortage of companies trying to develop weaponized bots for Uncle Sam, it looks like the first test of actual killer robots in battle has ended in a whimper: the Army's TALON SWORD gunbots, are headed home, after being plagued with control issues. Yeah, that's right -- control issues. Apparently it was too hard to prevent the Army's gun-equipped robot from moving its gun "when it was not intended to move." Reassuring, no? The Army doesn't sound too enthused about another go-round, saying, "once you've done something that's really bad, it can take 10 or 20 years to try it again." Ouch. On the plus side, at least that's 20 more years before we're all put to work in the mines, no?
Rapists in the ranks - Los Angeles Times
The stories are shocking in their simplicity and brutality: A female military recruit is pinned down at knifepoint and raped repeatedly in her own barracks. Her attackers hid their faces but she identified them by their uniforms; they were her fellow soldiers. During a routine gynecological exam, a female soldier is attacked and raped by her military physician. Yet another young soldier, still adapting to life in a war zone, is raped by her commanding officer. Afraid for her standing in her unit, she feels she has nowhere to turn.
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