Department of Defense 
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
4/8/2021
Back to the Future at the Pentagon
by William Astore
The Pentagon's shift away from planning for asymmetrical warfare toward "near-peer" conventional conflict is reviving the defense contracting gravy train for big-ticket weapons systems, with a revival of Cold War nuclear danger as a side effect.
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12/6/2020
Stop the Music
by Richard H. Kohn
President-Elect Biden has allowed too much speculation about his choices for Secretary of Defense and unwisely floated the name of a retired Army general for the job. He needs to make a quick commitment to a nominee whose national defense experience comes from the civil, not the military, arena.
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SOURCE: The Nation
8-11-17
The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem
by Nick Turse
The Department of Defense has trained more than a hundred foreign militaries that went on to stage coups in their home countries.