http://www.newstin.com/us/defense-budgets-spending Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75108768 Buddhist monks join Myanmese activists in a demonstration in front of Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on October 7, 2007. The violence in Darfur and Burma met with widespread international condemnation but scant concrete action.... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:32:39 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75108768 2008-08-21T06:32:39Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75186988 WASHINGTON - A unit of Germany-based software maker SAP AG spent $885,273 in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government on defense spending, homeland security and intelligence matters, according to a recent disclosure... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:26:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75186988 2008-08-21T13:26:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75190594 We are standing at what should be, if there were any wit in the American Electorate, be the end of an era. George W. Bush has proven the utter bankruptcy of the three laws of Reaganism: military spending, tax cuts, and the... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:48:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75190594 2008-08-21T13:48:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75203130 By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com Fort McCoy - About 2,500 members of the Wisconsin National Guard's 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team are training at Fort McCoy for a possible deployment to Iraq early next year. Shooting... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:05:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75203130 2008-08-21T15:05:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75175664 DRS Technologies Inc., which makes electronics, communications systems and other technology for the military, spent more than $1 million in the second quarter lobbying the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:56:35 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75175664 2008-08-21T12:56:35Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75196788 The WSJ connects the dots between Obamenomics and military weakness: Given the hearty support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received in Europe last month, he must have noticed the surprise and skepticism among... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:25:53 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75196788 2008-08-21T14:25:53Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75109282 Resources alone will not make the Indian armed forces the envy of its adversaries. It is the policy direction that is set by the military leadership and the quality of training imparted to its manpower that will make the... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:36:19 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75109282 2008-08-21T06:36:19Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75223627 Coalition partners reiterated their demands, but there are intensive talks to reach a budget compromise ahead of the cabinet vote. Lilach Weissman and Adrian Filut 21 Aug 08 19:01 The Ministry of Finance and the Labor Party are... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:59:51 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75223627 2008-08-21T16:59:51Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75094408 Given the hearty support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received in Europe last month, he must have noticed the surprise and skepticism among some Germans when he asked that Europeans contribute more for... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:59:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75094408 2008-08-21T02:59:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75091975 THERE'S A MODERN FABLE written by Maurice Sendak in which an apathetic child named Pierre answers every question with the phrase, "I don't care." J.P. Wieske, director of state affairs at the Council for Affordable Health... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:04:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75091975 2008-08-21T04:04:37Z