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TIME Asia June 14, 2010 Tim McGirk	Armed Farces The U.S. has spent $26 billion building up the Afghan army. But it is still poorly trained and rife with internal rivalries. Will it ever be fit to fight?
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Leila Sattary	US to measure research impact A new federal project promises to monitor the impact of the $8.9 billion contribution to US scientific research included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus package.
InternetNews June 4, 2010	DoD Cyber Czar Sounds Alarm Charged with leading the Defense Department's new and long overdue cybersecurity unit, Gen. Keith Alexander made it clear that there's plenty for our country to worry about.
InternetNews June 4, 2010	LAPD, SIIA Bust Craigslist Software Pirates A couple of Los Angeles men who were operating a very sophisticated and lucrative software pirating operation on Craigslist couldn't outrun the long arm of the law.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Hope Nelson-Pope	College Graduates, Lifelong Debtors? Thousands of students are mired in debt. Who's to blame?
InternetNews June 3, 2010	Feds Scrambling to Avert Spectrum Shortfall Few would argue the need for more spectrum to ensure that wireless carriers have sufficient capacity to handle the exploding growth of the mobile Web. But where's it going to come from?
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Space Command Ponders Role in Irregular Warfare Military communications, reconnaissance and GPS satellites provide services to deployed forces every day, but the organization wants to know what more it can do to participate in the irregular warfare that ground forces are currently engaged in.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Competition Keen for Next Generation of Cyberwarriors The Air Force last year established its first command devoted solely to protecting and attacking networks. But in a time when cybersecurity experts are in high demand, the question has arisen: Where is the talent coming from?
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Paul M. Barrett	Obama and BP at Risk Over Oil Spill As the Gulf spill threatens to sink BP and damage a Presidency, it's time for Obama to rally the U.S. around tough, fair regulation.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Eric Pooley	The Smooth-Talking King of Coal -- and Climate Change How Duke Energy's Jim Rogers helped break down his industry's resistance to the carbon cap.
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