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Cyber commander backs cloud computing expansion (ATM??)

While the top U.S. cyber commander was on Capitol Hill making the case for shifting the Defense Department to cloud computing, three companies were announcing a corporate alliance aimed at addressing..
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/m ... g-031711w/

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America's Navy and the rise of China

Scholars at the Naval War College here probably nodded in vigorous agreement with a recent lecture delivered at another military institution 130 miles away. Speaking at West Point to leaders of tomorrow's Army, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that "any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... ltoafriend

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Gates details high-level Defense job cuts

Hundreds of contractor, senior executive and officer positions will be eliminated, memo says.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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Navy To Ask Congress To Fix FY-12 Budget After FY-11 Settled

While the Navy is waiting until the smoke clears from the fiscal year
2011 budget debate before asking lawmakers to add funds to the FY-12 request, the service is continuing to construct
an FY-13 budget as uncertainties pile up, service officials said today.

After a congressional hearing this afternoon, Sean Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development
and acquisition, told Inside the Navy it is practically impossible to talk to lawmakers about how much extra money the
service will need while the rest of FY-11 is still up in the air.

The latest in a series of continuing resolutions caps spending at FY-10 levels. It has already led to the cancellation
of multiple ship maintenance availabilities and may prevent the Navy from awarding contracts for major programs like a
second Virginia-class submarine, a DDG-51 destroyer or the Mobile Landing Platform.

Stackley described efforts to deal with the CR as "tortured." "We have to have a good discussion with Congress on the
assumptions that we made, how those assumptions are invalidated by what Congress did in '11, and then what is the right
thing to do in '12 to fix our budget submission," Stackley said. "The first focus has got to be on getting an '11 budget,
because you can't engage in a meaningful discussion on impacts to the '12 budget until you know what came out of the '11 budget."

However, he said the FY-13 process has to continue despite the current budget uncertainty.

"I refer you back to the term 'tortured,'" he said. "We can't wait. We cannot be on hold. So the '13 process started
assuming the '11 budget was passing and that we'd go through normal deliberations on the '12 budget, so you start to
stack up assumptions."

Vice Adm. John Blake, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources, said program
sponsors are essentially making their best guesses on what they will need in FY-11.

"We have to," he said. "We have to submit on time. We have to go through our process. And so what we're ending up
doing is, we're creating for ourselves more and more unknowns."

Blake said the Navy will compile its budget request based on the best estimates available and revise the numbers as
information on the FY-11 and FY-12 budgets becomes available.

"I just say, 'OK folks, let's take our best cut at this,'" he added. "We'll make our best effort and then we'll work
through it. I mean, [the Office of the Secretary of Defense is] reasonable. They understand. They're in the same boat
we're in." -- Cid Standifer
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CVLSP Buy Competitive, Or Not?

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/03/17/cvlsp ... not/?wh=wh

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Who Could Bid to Replace the Air Force's UH-1 Hueys?

http://defensetech.org/2011/03/17/who-c ... eys/?wh=wh

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U.S. Navy Orders Two More Littoral Combat Ships

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5992387

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USAF to Tightly Control Tanker Requirements Changes (Sure They are)

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5989328

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What U.S. air power actually does

Why we need a new lexicon to describe air power in the age of the war on terror
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/ ... 4539.shtml

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DOD space efforts must go lean in tight fiscal times

Top DOD space acquisition official outlines picture of constrained environment
http://defensesystems.com/articles/2011 ... olicy.aspx

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New Ship-Based Electronic Warfare System Clears Key Navy Review
By Carlo Munoz

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin [LMT] the green light to begin prototype development of its new ship-based electronic
warfare system this week, after the program's design and development plan cleared a major service review.

A joint Navy-industry team signed off on the Critical Design Review for the Block 2 version of the company's Surface
Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) this month, according to a company statement issued this week.

With the CDR approved, Lockheed Martin program officials can now begin construction on two prototype models--known as
Engineering Development Models (EDMs)--for ship-based trials, Joe Ottaviano, program director for Lockheed Martin's
SEWIP design program, told Defense Daily earlier this week.

SEWIP developers still have to close out "a handful of minor actions to close" before EDM development can begin in
earnest, he said.

"I do not want to say that they are minor," the program director said of the outstanding CDR actions. "They do not
have a large impact on how the EDMs are put together...there were no surprises. Everyone knew everything that was there."

But the company has already begun lining up long-lead items and materiel to build the two Block 2 prototypes, Ottaviano
said. The first of those two test platforms should be on the water by November 2013, he added.

From the time of the CDR approval, SEWIP program members are "15 [to] 16 months away from having them built up," the
program director said of the EDMs, with company officials expecting to have orders into various suppliers for long-lead
items by the end of this month.

Currently, the Navy has set aside $43.8 million for Block 2 development in fiscal year 2012, with an additional
$35.5 budgeted for the program from FY '13 through FY '16, according to service budget documents.

The capabilities reviewed and approved in the Block 2 SEWIP CDR will be the ones on board the two EDMs, and will focus
on EW defense only, and not offensive capabilities, according to Ottaviano. "It is passive side only," he said. "It is
upgrading the passive antenna, receivers and the combat system interfaces."

Once up and running, the SEWIP test beds will be sent to the Navy's Surface Combat Systems Center in Wallops Island, Va.,
for integration testing. One EDM will be deployed onto a Navy destroyer for final testing and evaluation. "Right now, the
schedule is looking we will deliver to Wallops in late 2012 and in 2013 we will be on that ship," Ottaviano said.

The Navy has not yet confirmed which destroyer-class ship the EDM will be deployed on, but Ottaviano pointed out that the
production-rate SEWIP will be designed to go on board any ship in the Navy's fleet, and "we will test it to make sure it
can go on all of those [ships]," he said.

While development of the Block 2 version of SEWIP is fully underway, the system will provide the backbone for the Block 3
variant focusing on EW attack capabilities. The Navy has set aside roughly $400 million to invest into the Block 3 development.

"Obviously, the interfaces that have been baselined in Block 2 were developed to support those future blocks," Ottaviano
said. "I think that it would be fair to say...we all have been working very hard at getting lined up for Block 3."

For Block 3, the Navy is looking to funnel $95.2 million into the effort, with those figures escalating through FY '16,
service budget documents state. Aside from the FY '12 investment, sea service officials will push just under $318 million
into the next SEWIP variant.

As part of that preparation, SEWIP program members have already built an electronic attack demonstrator as part of the
company's development plan for the Block 3 version, Ottaviano said. That demonstrator program will wrap up by the end
of FY '12, with integrated testing set to begin in FY '15, culminating in an operational assessment of the Block 3 variant
by the end of that fiscal year.

As with Block 2, the electronic attack version of the system will feed into future variants of SEWIP. Block 4 will look
to improve the electro-optic and infrared capabilities of the system, while the future requirements for the Block 5 version
are "to be determined" by Navy planners, he said. "Those blocks are either planned or being planned under the Block 2 umbrella," according to Ottaviano.
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Engine Gases Leaking Into Airframe Led To Early Termination of X-51A Flight

http://defensetech.org/2011/03/17/engin ... 1a-flight/

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Facing Deadline, Navy Again Working To Extend Virginia-Class Contract Terms
Posted on InsideDefense.com: March 16, 2011

The Navy is working to extend again the terms of a 2008 pact with submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat
that would preserve until April contractual terms essential to plans for building two Virginia-class boats in fiscal
year 2011, one of the Pentagon's top acquisition goals this year.

The pending deal, now slated to expire on Monday, would buy a few additional weeks for the Navy -- and thousands of
workers across the country whose jobs hang in the balance -- to cross its fingers and hope Congress either passes an
FY-11 defense appropriations bill or grants explicit permission in a future spending measure for the construction of
a second submarine.

"The Navy is working with General Dynamics Electric Boat to extend the terms of the Block III contract beyond March 21
into April," Alan Baribeau, a spokesman for Naval Sea Systems Command, today told InsideDefense.com.

A modified contract, which Navy and industry officials say is likely, would mark a second extension. In January, the two
parties agreed to extend the contract terms from Jan. 31 until March 21 (DefenseAlert, Feb. 4)

On March 15, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government from March 19 to April 8, a three-week
funding proposal that makes no allowance for expanding Virginia-class production -- or for the additional $3.4 billion
required to pay for two boats and the $1.6 billion in advance procurement funding needed to preserve production synchronicity.
The Senate has yet to act on the House proposal.

"That blows us past the March 21 date," said a congressional source tracking the issue.

Navy and industry officials are optimistic about extending the terms of the contract into April, which could provide the
last opportunity to take advantage of rates negotiated in December 2008.

"After that, everything is up for grabs," an industry official told InsideDefense.com.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus today warned the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee about the difficulties the service
faces operating under continuing resolutions, which limit expenditures to fiscal year 2010 spending levels and bar acquisition
programs from expanding production (DefenseAlert, March 16).

"If we are unable to start the second Virginia-class, we will break the multiyear [contract] and will have to go in and
renegotiate the cost of future Virginia-class submarines," Mabus said.

Last month, a dozen House lawmakers -- led by Reps. Joe Courtney
(D-CT) and James Langevin (D-RI), whose constitutes include Electric Boat workers -- led a bid to win support from leaders
of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee for the Virginia-class program to expand production as soon as possible.

"It is essential that Congress act without delay to provide these additional funds because a continuation of the FY-10 budget
would only support the procurement of a single submarine in FY-11," the lawmakers wrote in the Feb. 4 letter. If the plan for
a second submarine falls through, the lawmakers wrote, "the Navy will be unable to execute the contract as signed -- threatening thousands of jobs across the country and reversing years of progress in cost and schedule reduction obtained through the unique partnership between the Navy and its industry partners."

Increasing annual production rates to two boats per year is pivotal to the Navy's hope that it can build new submarines more
efficiently. Congress was so impressed with the Navy's plan to cut $400 million per boat (in FY-05 constant dollars) in
FY-12 -- through design changes, new construction techniques and discounts in materials realized through multiyear procurement commitments -- that lawmakers gave the service the authority to accelerate its plan and begin building two boats in FY-11.

On March 9, Electric Boat President John Casey told an industry gathering in Washington that many of these savings could be
lost if the Navy and the shipbuilder reopen and renegotiate the Block III multiyear production contract
(DefenseAlert, March 9). -- Jason Sherman
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Pentagon not spotting overpayments to contractors, IG finds

Report comes as scrutiny of Defense's budget intensifies.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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Pentagon overpaid oilman by up to $200 million

A Pentagon audit has found that the federal government overpaid billionaire oilman Harry Sargeant III
by as much as $200 million on several military contracts worth nearly $2.7 billion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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OMB: It takes money to save money in IT operations

The Office of Management and Budget needs more money to facilitate face-to-face meetings with agency leaders
to review faltering information technology projects so they can enforce corrective actions promised during
those sessions, the federal chief information officer said on Thursday.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110 ... ne=NGtoday

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Lawmaker introduces new cybersecurity bill

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., unveiled a comprehensive cybersecurity bill Wednesday that would establish a national
office to coordinate responses to Internet attacks and give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to
decide which private networks can be regulated as "critical infrastructure."
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110 ... ne=NGtoday

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Harris alliance targets government thirst for cloud

Teams work on technologies to ensure security of agencies' data
http://defensesystems.com/articles/2011 ... cloud.aspx

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U.S. Navy Supports New Shipbuilder

Northrop Grumman's spinoff of its shipbuilding operations into a new entity, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII),
has received the approval of its top customer, the U.S. Navy.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5988647

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Portsmouth NH Shipyard stands guard against potential for newest BRAC

News last week that the U.S. Navy has agreed to spend $100 million at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the next fiscal year,
coupled with the yard's increased workload and the additional military programs now housed there, it would appear that
the yard is impregnable. Just last month, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., announced a new base realignment and closure
process - infamously known to Seacoast residents by its acronym, BRAC - is likely begin as early as 2015. And while the
secretary of the Navy has since indicated no plans to institute a BRAC round then, Kerry's comments still raised questions
and concerns.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs ... -1/NEWSMAP

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US military creates fake online personas

The US military awarded a contract for software to create 500 fake personas on social networks
in order to secretly influence online debate in its favour, it has been reported.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8388603 ... sonas.html

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Obama Faces Choice on Petraeus

Afghanistan Commander Is a Contender, but Not a Shoo-In, for Joint Chiefs Job
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 38822.html

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Diversity panel wants military to look like U.S.

Just as the U.S. military is indoctrinating troops to accept open gays in their ranks, a federal commission
is pressing the Pentagon to make the force more diverse by, among other ideas, opening infantry and armor
units to women.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... -like-us/#

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Female Soldiers' Suicide Rate Triples When At War

The suicide rate for female soldiers triples when they go to war, according to the first round
of preliminary data from an Army study.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2 ... 8_ST_N.htm

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First Wave Of Job Losses Today From JFCOM Closure

The first substantial job losses resulting from the dismantling of the U.S. Joint Forces Command
will occur today.
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/03/first-w ... rive-today

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Retirement Planning

For Richer or Poorer: Final Words
Some general guidance about options when it comes to providing for a surving spouse.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0311/031811rp.htm

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Lobbyists flock to Capitol Hill jobs (There Ought to be a Law)

A surge of lobbyists has left K Street this year to fill jobs as staffers on Capitol Hill,
focusing attention on rules governing what paid advocates can do after moving into the
legislative world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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GOP Contenders Split on Military Cuts (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Japan- How much more with Less??)

Military spending has become the fodder for one of the early policy rifts among potential Republican candidates
for president. Some say spending cuts should come from all parts of the federal government, and a larger number
say the Pentagon should remain off-limits.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 02988.html

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Senate GOP leader McConnell vows action on Pentagon budget in next government funding bill

WASHINGTON - The top Republican in the Senate says he's confident that Congress will adopt the
Pentagon's budget when a stopgap funding bill runs out in April.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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Senate passes short-term government-funding measure that includes some easy cuts

The Senate has passed a stopgap measure that would fund the government for three weeks,
while cutting $6 billion from the federal budget.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Three-week funding measure headed to president

Senate approves House resolution to fund government through April 8th.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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House Votes to End Money for NPR, and Senate Passes Spending Bill

The Senate measure, passed earlier in the week by the House, would keep the government financed through April 8.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/us/po ... l?emc=eta1

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MASS State jobless rate falls to 8.2%

Feb. data show most hiring in over a year
http://www.boston.com/business/articles ... lls_to_82/

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Why inflation hurts more than it did 30 years ago

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... TE=DEFAULT

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F.D.I.C. Sues Ex-Chief of Big Bank That Failed

The chief, Kerry Killinger, and two other executives were accused of reckless lending practices
that led to the collapse of the nation's largest savings bank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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SEC moves to charge Fannie, Freddie execs

SEC moves to charge Fannie, Freddie execs setting up a clash with the housing
regulator that oversees the companies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Lacking Parts, G.M. Will Close Plant (Supply Chain Management)

The company said a plant in Shreveport, La., which has 800 employees and makes two pickup trucks,
would be closed next week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Crises in Japan, Gulf, thwart US energy accord

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... TE=DEFAULT

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Disaster raises fears on aging N.E. plants

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/a ... ne_plants/

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With U.S. Nuclear Plants Under Scrutiny, Too, a Report Raises Safety Concerns

The Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog group, released a report describing 14 serious
safety problems at nuclear plants in 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/scien ... l?emc=eta1

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Nuclear power: just too expensive

http://www.boston.com/business/articles ... expensive/

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Immigrant Detentions Draw International Fire

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a report criticizing the treatment of
detained immigrants in the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/us/18 ... l?emc=eta1

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Pressure Mounts on All Parties in Afghan War to Begin Talks

Some Taliban leaders have signaled that they would be open to talks if security could be guaranteed,
and the United States is quietly reducing obstacles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world ... l?emc=eta1

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U.S. Switches Afghanistan Strategy To Target Taliban (Does the Taliban publish their Strategy??)

The US is escalating its attacks on the Taliban and its supply lines in a shift in strategy
in Afghanistan, according to top military officials.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/644f5082-5010 ... ab49a.html

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State Department axes guard firm for Kabul embassy

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... TE=DEFAULT

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Afghanistan Plans Departure of Security Firms

Most private security companies would be replaced with Afghan forces over the next year,
according to officials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world ... l?emc=eta1

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House rejects quick drawdown from Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly rejected a resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces
from Afghanistan by year's end as Republicans and Democrats joined together in embracing...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... an-031711/

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Pakistan Slams U.S. Drone Strike

Pakistan's army chief issued a rare public condemnation Thursday of a U.S. drone strike that killed up to 40 people,
in a sign of mounting disagreement between the two countries over how to defeat Taliban militants sheltering on
Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1 ... DgyWj.html

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Iraq weighs if US troops should stay after 8 years

Despite a security agreement requiring a full U.S. military withdrawal by the year's end, hundreds
if not thousands of American soldiers will continue to be in Iraq beyond 2012.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 8-06-22-24

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Baghdad Shiites decry Sunni crackdown in Bahrain

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 8-05-48-42

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Interests of Saudi Arabia and Iran Collide, With the U.S. in the Middle

The U.S. role in the Bahrain crisis could harm its relationship with Saudi Arabia or strengthen Iranian influence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Diplomats: Saudi king moving to head off protests

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... TE=DEFAULT

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Dozens Injured in Clashes in Yemen

About 10 protesters were shot with live ammunition, and hundreds were injured from tear gas and rocks
in a clash with security in the port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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UK urges Israel to return to peace talks

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/E ... TE=DEFAULT

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Old Arab Ties May Harm New Ones

The C.I.A.'s relationships with governments in Libya and Bahrain may have blinded
the United States to undercurrents of dissent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Egypt Said to Arm Libya Rebels

Egypt's military has begun shipping arms over the border to Libyan rebels with Washington's knowledge,
U.S. and Libyan rebel officials said.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 70906.html

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UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday afternoon approved a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized "all necessary measures"
to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces. The vote in the 15-member council was 10-0 with five abstentions, including Russia and China.
http://www.military.com/news/article/un ... libya.html

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U.N. authorizes 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians in Libya

The U.N. resolution authorizes the international community to impose a no-fly zone and
take other actions to protect civilians.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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US Reverses Strategy on Libya (Shores of Tripoli)

Supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution aimed at preventing
Moammar Gadhafi's planes from carrying out aerial attacks, while the United States, in a striking reversal,
pushed for broader action to protect civilians from ground and sea attacks as well.
http://www.military.com/news/article/us ... html?wh=wh

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Clinton: No-fly zone means bombing Libya sites

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that a U.N. no-fly zone over
Libya would require bombing targets inside the country, and a deputy acknowledged that Moammar...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... es-031711/

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As U.N. Backs Military Action in Libya, U.S. Role Is Unclear

The Security Council on Thursday authorized measures to protect Libyan civilians from forces loyal
to Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, but the U.S. military might confine itself to a supporting role.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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France: Military action to take place 'swiftly' against Libya

Military strikes against Libya will take place "swiftly" and France will definitely participate,
government spokesman Francois Baroin said in an interview Friday with RTL radio.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/afric ... ivil.war/#

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Libyans brace for Gaddafi offensive in rebel stronghold of Benghazi

The rebel stronghold braces for a major offensive by the Libyan leader's loyalists, a battle that most expected
to be fierce, bloody and likely to decide the fate of the month-old populist rebellion against Gaddafi's 41-year
grip on the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Libyan forces attack last rebel-held western city

The Libyan government closed its airspace Friday to all traffic, reacting to a U.N. resolution authorizing
the use of force and a no-fly zone to protect the Libyan people from attacks by forces loyal to strongman
Moammar Gadhafi.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A ... 8-05-59-38

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A Faded Industrial Town Is Feeling Britain's Cuts

Middlesbrough, England, where half the jobs are publicly supported and 14 percent of residents receive
some form of jobless benefit, is vulnerable to the decline of the welfare state.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Indonesia to Continue Plans for Nuclear Power

Despite the nuclear crisis touched off by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, officials
in Indonesia are intent on building the country's first nuclear power plants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Group of 7 to Intervene to Stabilize Yen's Value

The leading industrial nations will intervene in currency exchange markets to stop
the rise of the yen and help Japan's export markets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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PACOM could evacuate 87k Americans from Japan

SAN DIEGO - The admiral in charge of all U.S. military forces in the Pacific region said on Thursday
the military has developed contingency plans to evacuate 87,000 Americans - including Defense Department
personnel - from Japan if the situation...Read More
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/n ... an-031711/

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Navy stops moving sailors to Japan amid crisis

As the situation at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant worsens, the Navy has stopped
sending personnel to Japan indefinitely, according to a naval administrative message released Thursday
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/n ... n-031711w/

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Military begins voluntary evacuation of families in Japan

Families and nonessential military personnel are being allowed to evacuate
at four major U.S. bases.
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/mil ... -1.137999#

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For the latest U.S. Government information on the situation in Japan, please go to
http://www.travel.state.gov/

Information about nuclear radiation exposure risks can be obtained from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation.html

and from the Centers for Disease Control at
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/

U.S. citizens in Tokyo should review our Japan Earthquake/Pacific Tsunami webpage at
http://travel.state.gov

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Radiation Spread Seen; Frantic Repairs Go On

The first readings from American data-collection flights over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
in Japan show that the worst contamination has not spread beyond the 19-mile range of highest concern
established by Japanese authorities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors

Years of procrastination in deciding on long-term disposal of fuel rods are now coming
back to haunt Japan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Japan Offers Little Response to U.S. Assessment

Japanese officials attributed the diverging accounts about the nuclear plant
to a "delay" in sharing information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Japan official: Disasters overwhelmed government

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A ... TE=DEFAULT

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L2055 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2050 $32.73 0.01% 6.95%
L2045 $14.91 0.02% 6.58%
L2040 $54.38 0.02% 6.22%
L2035 $14.34 0.02% 5.79%
L2030 $47.67 0.02% 5.38%
L2025 $13.15 0.03% 3.43%
Linc $25.61 0.03% 2.82%

Live Charts

Pending Allocations

Under development. For now, you may view Pending Allocations by going to "fantasy TSP" and selecting "Leaderboard sort" of "Pending Allocations".