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InternetNews January 26, 2005 Roy Mark	House Renews New Anti-Spyware Push The 109th Congress renewed its efforts to pass a federal anti-spyware bill by targeting the malware menace in the very first meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron	Iraqi Special Forces Need More Training, Equipment Iraqi commando units, known as special forces, continue to be hampered by equipment and training shortcomings, a Washington think tank expert contends.
National Defense February 2005 Bill Daniels & DiRenzo	Maritime Anti-Terrorism at the Crossroads Of National Security and Homeland Defense At issue is how do the homeland defense and homeland security duties contribute to enhanced protection of national assets in the territorial seas of the United States.
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy	Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances.
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie.
National Defense February 2005 Tiron & Pappalardo	Sharper Focus On Special Operators Seen Worldwide Special operations forces around the world are being molded in the image of the elite military units of the United States, a development that is likely to shape future coalitions.
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Special Operations Recreated in Afghanistan Battle Simulation The goal of the project, run by the Institute for Defense Analysis and DARPA, was to faithfully recreate the operations that liberated Mazar e-Sharif and drove Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters from northern Afghanistan.
National Defense February 2005 Peter M. Steffes	New Rules for Clearances Included in Intel Reform The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004---which President Bush now is preparing to implement---mandates a comprehensive shake-up of the nation's intelligence community.
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Britain and U.S. Agree To Share Security Tech. The United States and United Kingdom are attempting to bridge their homeland security efforts.
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy	Commandos Help Stop Weapons Smugglers on High Seas Special operators are playing an active, but low-key part in the proliferation security initiative, which the United States launched in 2003 to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
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