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	-Pentagon may boost army spying role
		The Pentagon is reportedly drawing up a plan that would give the US military a more prominent intelligence-gathering function.
		Bush administration officials said the proposals, the latest in a long-standing rivalry between the Pentagon and the CIA over intelligence, were being monitored and had not yet won White House approval.
		A major shift in the Pentagon's plan would be to focus military intelligence operations more on counterterrorism and counterproliferation, areas in which the CIA has always played the leading role.
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/pentagon_boost_army_spies.htm (364 words)

	Pentagon revives 'Star Wars' defense in space
		Within the next five to 10 years, the Pentagon wants to have the means to both protect its essential military communications and spy satellites and destroy or disable a hostile nation's space equipment with ground or space-based weapons.
		But the Pentagon's move to increase the militarization of space is expected to cause intense international controversy because it appears to violate treaties advocating the peaceful use of space.
		However, Pentagon officials contend that there is a worrisome proliferation of space-based capabilities around the globe.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/program/news99/991220-milspace.htm (987 words)

	THE PENTAGON
		She was an administrative job in telecommunications at the Pentagon who reported to the chief of Naval Operations.
		She served at the Pentagon under the Secretary of the Army, Resource Management, for over six years and put off retirement twice to ensure that her successor was prepared for the job.
		Sandra, 50, worked at the Pentagon for 9 years during a nearly three-decade-long career of government service., Her main focus in life was her daughter, for whom she was a constant cheerleader, best friend and supportive mother.
	www.nooniefortin.com /thepentagon.htm (2810 words)

	Pentagon Thievery
		Companies were being created on the fly to get a piece of the Iraq pie, from security firms formed by former Pentagon and CIA staffers to telecom companies who did little more than act as brokers and middlemen, where the heavy lifting was really just stuffing money into their accounts as fast as possible.
		That's because by and large the Generals who run the show aren't all that anxious to start extended wars so much as to engage in threat inflation to justify their real operational mission which is to funnel billions into the coffers of the big defense firms: Lockheed, Boeing, TRW, Raytheon and the like.
		Recall that the Iraq war was supposed to be a quick cakewalk, with Saddam's regime smashed to bits during the Shock and Awe air assault, and the ground forces entering Baghdad in a kind of parody of a Roman triumph.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_joshua_f_060403_pentagon_thievery.htm (2357 words)

	meta-roj blog: the pentagon target list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Defense Department began working yesterday with a private marketing firm to create a database of high school students ages 16 to 18 and all college students to help the military identify potential recruits in a time of dwindling enlistment in some branches.
		The Pentagon's statements added that anyone can "opt out" of the system by providing detailed personal information that will be kept in a separate "suppression file." That file will be matched with the full database regularly to ensure that those who do not wish to be contacted are not, according to the Pentagon.
		i'd like to think that aside from the whiz-bang technology gadgets we buy with pentagon money that somewhere in that budget is enough money to cook up, consider and come up with a strategy for every concievable war situation...
	www.rojisan.com /blog/2005/06/the_pentagon_target_list.html (444 words)

	Kelsey Grammer and Cary Elwes Star in the Fact-Based HBO NYC Satire The Pentagon Wars, Directed by Richard ...
		THE PENTAGON WARS originated with producer Howard Meltzer, who had read how Burton's involvement in the Bradley project changed the way weapons are tested before going into production and, more important, into service.
		With the exceptions of Burton and Caspar Weinberger, the characters in THE PENTAGON WARS are composites of actual people, including the staunch General Partridge, portrayed by Kelsey Grammer.
		THE PENTAGON WARS was filmed over a 30-day period in and around Los Angeles last September and October.
	www.timewarner.com /corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,666935,00.html (2244 words)

	frontline: truth, war and consquences: what went wrong?: turf wars and the future of iraq \| PBS
		But in January 2003, a mere two months before the start of the war, postwar planning was wrested away from the State Department and handed to the Pentagon, which proceeded to discard the State Department-led efforts.
		Perhaps not that there was a range of views, but in fact that the Pentagon inherited the planning, and sidelined the State Department's efforts seems more significant.
		I had the impression that it was simply not only not appreciated, but I felt that the planners maybe, at Defense, really felt or thought that they had it all under check and they knew exactly what they were doing and they don't need this input….
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/fighting/turfwars.html (3869 words)

	The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard
		Burton was assigned to the Pentagon three times and served there for a total of fourteen years, becoming totally disillusioned in the process.
		Of special interest is the Epilogue, including pre- and post-Gulf War observations on weapons acquisition, employment, and operational theory.
		While this thought-provoking book can possibly serve as a realistic primer to a Pentagon assignment, it also reveals the pervasiveness of “shady” and corrupt weapons testing and procurement and gross mismanagement.
	www.defencejournal.com /2002/may/pentagon.htm (544 words)

	The Pentagon Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pentagon Wars is a 1998 HBO film, starring Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes and Richard Schiff, based on a book of the same name.
		The film tells of the test and evaluation phase of the troubled development history of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle as described from the point of view of United States Air Force Lt. Col.
		Meanwhile, they created the atmosphere for the acquisition of useful equipment such as the A-10 Warthog and F-16 aircraft that were disliked by the 'establishment' Pentagon hierarchy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Pentagon_Wars (449 words)

	An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security PETER SCHWARTZ & DOUG ...
		Today, carrying capacity, which is the ability for the Earth and its natural ecosystems including social, economic, and cultural systems to support the finite number of people on the planet, is being challenged around the world.
		As abrupt climate change lowers the world’s carrying capacity aggressive wars are likely to be fought over food, water, and energy.
		When you look at carrying capacity on a regional or state level it is apparent that those nations with a high carrying capacity, such as the United States and Western Europe, are likely to adapt most effectively to abrupt changes in climate, because, relative to their population size, they have more resources to call on.
	www.mindfully.org /Air/2003/Pentagon-Climate-Change1oct03.htm (7598 words)

	The Pentagon Wars \| The A.V. Club
		The Pentagon Wars, for better or worse, is pretty much a standard HBO movie—diverting and entertaining, but also broad and simplistic in a way that never really lets you forget that you're watching a TV movie.
		Set during the mid-'80s, The Pentagon Wars does a nice job showing how the self-serving dynamics of the military can lead to almost surreally wasteful projects.
		But while The Pentagon Wars is intermittently funny and always interesting, it's not nearly as sharp as it could be.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/2480/print (236 words)

	The Pentagon Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Burton (Cary Elwes) has just been assigned by the Pentagon as a weapons procurement officer in charge of signing off for the U.S.Army's Bradley fighting vehicle.
		It shows how the promotion system in the military used to push for new war products to be used, even if they were not acceptable for use, and the struggle of one man to do the right thing.
		Not only is The Pentagon Wars one of the funniest movies, but it has a twisted sense of how military tests programs can get when Congress and the Upper Brass try to control spending on test programs.
	www.buying-and-selling.net /store/the-pentagon-wars_B0007TKND8.html (699 words)

	The Pentagon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In one of the better known incidents, on October 21, 1967, some 35,000 anti-war protesters organised by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, gathered for a demonstration at the Defense Department (the "March on the Pentagon"), where they were confronted by some 2500 armed soldiers.
		Abbie Hoffman, subsequently declared their intention of levitating the Pentagon 300 feet by means of meditation, wobbling it once in mid-air in order to exorcise evil spirits.
		A memorial is being constructed at The Pentagon in memory of those who died at The Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Pentagon (1407 words)

	Iraq War Topping $5.8 Billion a Month
		WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is spending more than $5.8 billion a month on the war in Iraq, according to the military's top generals.
		That is nearly a 50 percent increase above the $4 billion-a-month benchmark the Pentagon has used to estimate the cost of the war so far.
		Since 2003, the Pentagon has received some $160 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in supplemental funding -- that is, in addition to its annual budget.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_cost_111804,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl (157 words)

	How to Quit Smoking--Pentagon
		Under the Pentagon’s plan, the government would end its subsidy of commissary tobacco products in an effort to discourage tobacco consumption among troops, and presumably save the taxpayer a few dollars at the same time.
		Tobacco, the congressmen said, is not the issue; the main issue, they say, is that the Pentagon failed to consult Congress and violated federal pricing rules that require the commissaries to sell all their products at "the lowest practical price."
		I found it very interesting that 11 of the 12 Congressmen on the House panel who signed that letter, trying to block the Pentagon’s new plan, had received money (contributions...or bribes?) in the two previous years from tobacco companies like Philip Morris.
	www.presmark.com /htmlfile/pentagon.html (785 words)

	Movie Review - The Pentagon Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Pentagon Wars is a film, based on a true story, about the Bradley, (a military vehicle), and Colonel Burton, the man who finally made Congress aware of the potential hazards of the tank's design.
		There is a scene where a group of sheep is loaded from a truck into the Bradley.
		The production purchased taxidermic sheep for the segment of the scene where the truck is driving away with the dead sheep that had supposedly been inside the Bradley during the test.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=6653 (145 words)

	The Coming Wars - What the Pentagon can now do in secret.
		We’ve declared war and the bad guys, wherever they are, are the enemy.
		The government consultant with ties to the Pentagon said that the Defense Department civilians, under the leadership of Douglas Feith, have been working with Israeli planners and consultants to develop and refine potential nuclear, chemical-weapons, and missile targets inside Iran.
		According to a Pentagon consultant, an Execute Order on the Global War on Terrorism (referred to throughout the government as gwot) was issued at Rumsfeld’s direction.
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/coming_wars_pentagon_can_do_in_secret.htm (4802 words)

	Defense Tech: "Future Combat": Cuts, or More Cash?
		But the Pentagon may finally be ready to start putting the axe to the Army's leviathan modernization program, Future Combat Systems.
		Some stories include, the armor not withstanding to Soviet missiles (key requirement), having the fuel tanks inside the vehicle and putting the troops at risk of being burned alive, and how these deficiencies were doctored by the Army so the program could continue on to its next milestone.
		Unfortunately, this is what happens is you have Generals in charge of these particular programs who are in it to either get their next star or set themselves up for retirement in a nice, defense contractor position.
	www.defensetech.org /archives/001952.html (912 words)

	The MovieHamlet \| The Pentagon Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some time during the late ‘80s, Lieutenant Colonel Elwes is assigned to test the new Bradley fighting vehicle and discovers it is a disastrous project.
		This HBO TV movie tells the utterly absurd story of how the Bradley came to be; it portrays the Pentagon as mindlessly wasteful and ineffective, but makes sure to do it with a good sense of humor.
		Scary stuff, if it’s all true, but the film is a little bland (much like its protagonist, Elwes).
	www.moviehamlet.com /review/341/the-pentagon-wars (131 words)

	Amazon.ca: Pentagon Wars: DVD: Richard Benjamin,Olympia Dukakis,Cary Elwes,Kelsey Grammer,John C. McGinley,Tom Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DOD history is cluttered with such gold-plated duds as the Sergeant York gun and the infamous $7600 coffeemaker.
		When they make the sequel to this movie, "Pentagon Wars II: the lav3stryker" it looks like the ending will not be a happy one with a better vehicle (upgraded M113A3 Gavins) going into service.
		The movie is great and I recommend that everyone should see it, have a good laugh and thank those soldiers who risk their lives not only against a possible enemy but with the equipment they work with.
	www.amazon.ca /Pentagon-Wars-Richard-Benjamin/dp/B0007TKND8 (1595 words)

	The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard. - book reviews Washington Monthly - Find Articles
		Burton offers a substantial contribution to the understanding of the actual use of maneuver warfare with his section on Schwarzkopf's "left hook" tactic against Iraqi forces.
		According to Burton, the reason most of Saddam's Republican Guard managed to escape the Gulf War, and have since kept their despot in power, is that the left hook units failed to reach their objective of "closing the door" behind the Iraqi retreat, as Schwarzkopf said they would.
		Further, Burton asserts, some units failed, at best, to execute, and perhaps defied Schwarzkopf's order to engage and destroy as much of the Republican Guard as possible before the cease-fire took effect.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n10_v25/ai_14236433/pg_3 (618 words)

	The Pentagon Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Air Force Lt.Col. John Burton (Cary Elwes) has just been assigned by the Pentagon as a weapons procurement officer in charge of signing off for the U.S.Army's Bradley fighting vehicle.
		A very funny but at the same time sad film about the Pentagon's major mission in life- Weopons procurement.
		In fact this movie is more relevant today in highlighting why our troups go into harms way without the equipment the need (lack of armor on vehicles in Iraq).
	www.sharisgarden.net /mystores/item_B0007TKND8.html (748 words)

	The Pentagon Wars (1998) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Goofs: Anachronisms: Scenes in the film which could only have taken place during the period spanning the late 1960s through the '70s featured computer equipment that was developed no earlier than the mid-to-late '80s.
		I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Pentagon Wars (1998) (TV)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0144550 (311 words)

	Uranium Wars: The Pentagon Steps Up its Use of Radioactive Munitions
		In the Kosovo-Serbian theater, NATO forces delivered 31,000 - 50,000 rounds of DU ammunition (as compared to 944,000 rounds during Gulf War 1) during plus 100+ air sorties, primarily by the A-10 Warthog with its GAU-8/A cannons.
		The 30 mm PGU-14/B API Armor-Piercing Incendiary [DU] ammunition, made by Olin/Aerojet Ordinance, was extensively used in Gulf War I and in Kosovo.
		In arid areas as in southern Afghanistan, most of the DU remains as surface dust where it is easily dispersed by wind.
	www.cursor.org /stories/uranium.htm (1947 words)

	Memorable Quotes from The Pentagon Wars (1998) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If the Pentagon had their choice of busting us or nailing a Soviet spy, they would choose us in a heartbeat!
		General Robert Laurel Smith: There are some people who work in the Pentagon who are fed up watching billions of dollars thrown away on defective weapons upon which our troops are supposed to stake their lives.
		General Robert Laurel Smith: To majors who want to be colonels, to colonels who want to be generals, to generals who want that fourth star, you bet we are the enemy!
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0144550/quotes (1508 words)

	Amazon.com: The Pentagon Wars: DVD: Sam Anderson,Beau Billingslea,Viola Davis,Dominic D. DeNiro,Olympia Dukakis,Cary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Amazon.com: The Pentagon Wars: DVD: Sam Anderson,Beau Billingslea,Viola Davis,Dominic D. DeNiro,Olympia Dukakis,Cary Elwes,Dann Florek,Kelsey Grammer,Christopher Grove,J.C. MacKenzie,Dwayne Macopson,John C. McGinley,Randy Oglesby,Clifton Powell,Daniel Raymont,Richard Schiff,Dewey Weber,Billie Worley,Tom Wright
		Robert Laurel Smith, Tom Wright as Maj. William Sayers, Clifton Powell as Sgt. Benjamn Dalton, Dewey Weber as Sp4 Ganger, Richard Schiff as Col./Brig.
		Robert Laurel Smith, J.C. MacKenzie as Jones (Pentagon tank designer), Richard Benjamin as Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense), Olympia Dukakis as Madam Chairwoman, Armed Services Committee, Christopher Grove as Congressman #1, Sam Anderson as Congressman #2, Dwayne Macopson as USMC guard at subway, Dominic D. DeNiro as Guard at military base, Daniel Raymont as Officer...
	www.amazon.com /Pentagon-Wars-Sam-Anderson/dp/B0007TKND8 (1921 words)

	Amazon.com: Pentagon Wars (Spanish): Video: Sam Anderson,Beau Billingslea,Viola Davis,Dominic D. DeNiro,Olympia ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard by James G. Burton
		It is the true story of the latter stages of development of the Bradley armoured vehicle which was featured in the Gulf War, and the Air Force officer, James Burton, whose task, by Congressional edict, was to sign off on the final testing of the vehicle.
	www.amazon.com /Pentagon-Wars-Spanish-Sam-Anderson/dp/078311396X (2141 words)

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