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Prepared Foods July 11, 2007 Mark Hostetler	Regulations: Updating Organic An examination of "organic" labeling regulations and how to better understand them.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 William Sweet	Google Earth Pictures Open Windows on China's Nuclear Weaponry Here is an interview with the nuclear weapons specialist at the Federation of American Scientists who believes Google images shed light on China's deployment of its second-generation of nuclear weapons systems.
Entrepreneur August 2007 Joshua Kurlantzick	The Race Is On What might the presidential candidates do for you? The primaries are approaching and all the leading candidates will be attempting to woo small businesses, but with different approaches.
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Closest of Allies, But Not When it Comes to Radios Despite considerable advances in tactical communications technology interoperability on the battlefield between U.S. and U.K. forces remains years away.
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Equipment Requests Raise Procurement Integrity Questions The increasingly frequent practice of tagging combat equipment requests as "urgent" needs has resulted in widespread abuse of the system.
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner	Abandoned Chemical Weapons Pose Continual Threat Hidden chemical weapons are scattered across the globe, in rivers, bays, lakes and oceans, and buried in the ground at current and former military bases
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Mercury Contamination Could Slow Down Destruction of Chemical Stockpile The Army has destroyed nearly half of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile during the past decade. But completing the second half of the job by the mandated deadline of April 2012 will be tougher than previously expected.
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner	Special Operators Criticized for Snubbing Unconventional Approaches As U.S. special operations forces undergo a shift in responsibilities and a surge in personnel, a heated debate has developed about their future priorities.
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner	Irregular Warfare Group Dissects Terrorist Strategy Al-Qaida's strategy for establishing a grand caliphate is laid out in seven specific steps. But without a clear understanding of this plan, the U.S. military will fail to counteract it.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Littoral Combat Ship Could Slip Behind Schedule as Price Tag Nears $500 Million In the midst of a contentious debate about the Navy's embattled littoral combat ship program, the service's coveted warship has come under fire by its own supporters on Capitol Hill.
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