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National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Northwestern Cities Peg Prosperity to Army Programs Towns in the Pacific Northwest are hoping the expansion of the Army's Stryker brigades and the development of the Future Combat Systems will lead to continued economic benefits to the area.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Stryker Brigades Train for Upcoming Deployment The first Stryker brigade is preparing to put boots on the ground again next summer. Soldiers now have access to several training facilities and technologies that fuse intelligence from the theater directly into their training.
National Defense October 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Acquisition Reform: A Case of Deja Vu A proposed acquisition-reform blueprint will result from the work of an expert team that was hand-picked to be part of the Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) project. Currently, more than 80 new major weapon systems are under development, with a combined cost growth of $300 billion and total acquisition cost of nearly $1.5 trillion.
National Defense October 2005 Andrea Pinchak	Air Force Logistics Hub Reorganizes to Improve Support to Combat Units A sweeping reorganization of the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center is expected to improve maintenance and logistics support to combat units.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers Test `Land Warrior' Technology Small-unit commanders in the Army soon may receive a new computer-radio suite that connects soldiers into a wireless network and tracks their location.
National Defense October 2005	NIOSH-Validated Gas Mask Emerges Developed for first responders, the Millennium Gas Mask is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agent protection.
Reason October 2005 Matt Welch	Why The New York Times "Hearts" Eminent Domain Elite newspapers and liberal activists embrace the Supreme Court Kelo v. City of New London decision at their long-term peril.
Reason October 2005 Cathy Young	Antonin Scalia, Judicial Activist How the conservative justice legislates from the bench.
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Land Of Unequal Opportunity New Orleans graphically showed what the Census report could not convey.
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Reed & Palmeri	Open Season On Big Oil An angry public wants quick relief from high gas prices. Here's why none is in sight.
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