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National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Hartman	Unconventional and Emerging Armament Committee Formed The Unconventional and Emerging Armament Committee of the Armaments Division of the National Defense Industrial Association was recently formed to establish a forum whereby all forms of non-traditional, unconventional armaments and technologies at any stage of development can be showcased.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Jeremy Bowman	Stocks and Election Years -- What's the Connection? Wall Street loves looking to the past. Are there any lessons to be learned from election year patterns?
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Lawrence Greenberg	Why Congress Isn't Liable for Insider Trading Has Congress exempted itself from the laws that send ordinary Americans to jail if they engage in insider trading?
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles From National Airspace The Pentagon, along with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration for years to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to gain regular access to the national airspace.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	DARPA Eyes Space Junk From the Ground The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, though, is wrapping up a demonstration with a new Space Surveillance Telescope that officials say will offer an unprecedented view of objects in space.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Virtual Reality Helps Troops Confront Pain The Pentagon wants to discover different ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, one of which will take patients back to war via a video game-like simulation.
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