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(Gallup)
Anyone who has heard President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address knows that there is a political nexus that links the Defense Department to its contractors. But Ike conveniently left out the middle player who makes the game possible: Congress.
Gordon Adams, Foreign Policy
Details emerge on Pentagon budget blueprint (Carlo Muñoz and Jeremy Herb, The Hill)
Senate panel delivers bipartisan rebuke to Obama with vote to arm Syrian rebels (Julian Pecquet, The Hill)
HASC Intel Panel Gently Reins In DoD Spy Service (Colin Clark, Breaking Defense)
‘In Depth’ featuring BFAD’s Russell Rumbaugh (Federal News Radio)
Navy Adopts Hybrid-Electric Amphibious Assault Ships (Kris Osborn, DoD Buzz)
Pentagon asks to shift $9.6 billion (David Rogers, Politico)
Iran and Hezbollah Support for Syria Complicates Peace-Talk Strategy (Michael R. Gordon And Steven Lee Myers, NYT)
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