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The Pentagon is running a system that seems to eternally reward failure, from poorly performing generals to endless wars that cost a fortune.

Why Pentagon weapons programs rarely get canceled despite major problems...

America will flourish by beating China at the game at which America has always excelled, technological innovation, not by shooting ourselves in both feet with tariffs. Conservatives can conscientiously support Joe Bidens impulse to stoke Americas technological prowess.

English By Kathleen Struck Share on Facebook Print this page Since taking office in January, President Joe Biden has reaffirmed a national commitment to integrity in scholarship and research, appointing scientists to numerous leadership roles.   Educators and experts applaud these appointments and say elevating intellectual integrity in research and science will take the combined effort of universities, industry and the public, too.     ...

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. | Public domain. Each year Conn Hallinan gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. These are the awards for 2020. The Golden Lemon Award goes to Lockheed Martin for its F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter, at $1.5 trillion the most expensive weapons system in history. The plane currently has 883 “design flaws,” including nine “category 1” flaws. The latter “may cause...

Dive Brief: To maintain leadership in climate and energy, the U.S. must triple its investment in clean energy innovation, provide $1 billion in annual funding to the Energy Departments Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, and establish new programs to foster the development and adoption of new technologies, according to a letter by the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC). During a panel discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, AEIC members and energy execu...

>> earlier today i met with families from newtown, connecticut to discuss legislature we are currently debating. its obviously very emotional and it isnt an easy meeting to have, but its a very necessary meeting to have when the parents of children that were murdered or when i think somebody from a family that the teachers were murdered is difficult for everybody. i want to thank them for sharing their stories of love ones and their concerns at me. i hope many of my colleagues would co...

believes, that is what the president believes, and thanks to his efforts, we have received valuable assistance from many good friends around the globe, even if we have at times been disappointed with the reactions of some. i dont doubt the sincerity of my democratic friends and they should not doubt ours. >> [applause] our president will work with all nations willing to help us feed this scourge that afflicts us all. war isn an awful business. the lives of a nations finest patriots are...

accident investigation board noted that nasa needed a long term strategic guiding vision. president bush proposed such a vision. finished the international space station, return to the moon, establish a presence there, and venture on march towards mars. as this committee well knows, that mission was analyzed, debated, and improved upon by congress for nearly two heres. you then voted nearly unanimously that it would be appropriate policy for our country. after a change in congressional...

conflict and over time you flirt a lot with cynicism. i didnt hear a note of that tonight, which reminds me that cynicism is a luxury for people who think about conflict and not people who are forced into living with it. that for me was very powerful. so thank you. i was also really struck by what you said, rebecca, after the war you need to give the eggs back to the villages to paraphrase this thing you said much more lovely than i did. i was struck because ive interviewed so many fre...