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National Defense August 2009 Grace V. Jean	Taking a Shot at Nuclear Terrorism Cleveland BioLabs Inc. of Buffalo, N.Y., has developed a radiation countermeasure, called Protectan CBLB502. When given as a single injection, as many as 80 percent of those exposed to total body irradiation could survive.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Energy Department Sees Promise in Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Technology The Obama administration has a goal of putting one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Military Sees Promise in Algae-Based Bio-Fuel Researchers want to take raw algae and use it to end the U.S. addiction to oil.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Ensuring No One Pays the 'Ultimate Price' for Fuel Becomes New Goal After three decades of using the same technology, a new family of generators, the advanced medium mobile power sources, are in the pipeline. They will be more fuel efficient and quieter and could save up to $800 million in fuel costs per year.
National Defense August 2009 Gellerson & Breitbach	DHS Technology Chief Nominee Can't Escape Past Controversies President Obama's nominee to take over the Department of Homeland Security's struggling science and technology directorate found at her Senate confirmation hearing that it's impossible to escape one's past in Washington.
National Defense August 2009 Gellerson & Breitbach	Turf Wars Predicted for New Cybersecurity Czar When it comes to the Obama administration's promise to get a handle on cybersecurity, be prepared for some turf wars, a panel of experts warned recently at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
National Defense August 2009 Gellerson & Breitbach	Disorganization Within Border Patrol Cited For Faulty Budget Customs and Border Protection has been using unreliable numbers to estimate the cost of recruiting, training and equipping thousands of newly deployed Border Patrol agents, the Government Accountability Office has found.
National Defense August 2009 Gellerson & Breitbach	House Attempts to Extend Chemical Security Act The House of Representatives is working on extending a law set to expire in October that aims to harden chemical facilities against terrorist attacks.
AskMen.com	In The Red? Maybe Weed Can Help A pro-marijuana group was set to launch another television bid to legalize pot in California -- this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state's massive budget deficit.
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