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Fort Hood shooting

Soldiers being shot, always tragic but not out of the ordinary. Soldiers beingg killed by friendly fire is again something that happens from time to time in a war, but soldiers being shot by fellow soldiers at their home base is not usual at all.
Or is it?
The army has not reaveald yet the identity of [...]

First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Release of $851 Million from Recovery Act to Upgrade & Expand Community Health Centers

Grants Will Support Centers that Provide Care to Millions of Americans
Washington, DC – First Lady Michelle Obama today visited Unity’s Upper Cardozo Health Center and announced the release of $851 million in grants to address immediate and pressing health center facility and equipment needs and increase access to health care for millions of Americans The [...]

TRANSCRIPT OF REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AT STUDENT ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. Well, it is a great pleasure to be here. Let me begin by thanking Professor Rahmi Aksungur — did I say that properly — who is director of the university here. And I want to thank all the young people who’ve gathered together. This is a great privilege for [...]

President Obama’s Surprise Visit with the Troops in Iraq, speech transcript

This morning President Obama made an unannounced visit to Iraq, landing in Baghad at 4:42 p.m. local time (9:42 a.m. ET). He met briefly with the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, but the main purpose of his trip to Iraq was to visit U.S. forces. Nearly 600 troops assembled to meet President [...]

Official transcript of President Obama’s news conference

24th of Mars 2009
Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference Tuesday at the White House, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:
OBAMA: Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on the steps we’re taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately [...]

Seventh Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral

Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla, March 24th, 2009 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-built modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, equipped with an innovative payload that will provide an on-orbit demonstration of a third civil signal, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air [...]

Lockheed Martin Reduces Water Usage By 275 Million Gallons

Company’s Environmental Focus Earns Recognition in 2008
Bethesda, MD, March 23rd, 2009 — Today, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that it reduced its total year-to-year water consumption by 11 percent in 2008. Equating to approximately 275 million gallons in water savings, the corporation focused on facility and cooling system efficiency projects, detecting and repairing leaks, and [...]

BAE SYSTEMS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S. ARMY’S $17.5 BILLION SIMULATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM

23 Mar 2009 | Ref. 054/2009
ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems has been selected to participate in the U.S. Army’s omnibus contract to provide equipment to the service’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
As one of the companies selected to support the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, BAE Systems’ U.S. Combat Systems business will compete [...]

Barack Obama Nowruz message transcript in English and Farsi

VIDEOTAPED REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ
THE PRESIDENT: Today I want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz around the world.
This holiday is both an ancient ritual and a moment of renewal, and I hope that you enjoy this special time of year with friends and family.
In [...]

One Second Was All Miller High Life Needed to Make Its Point During the Big Game

Best XLIII commercial

Common Sense Says Length Doesn’t Matter
MILWAUKEE, WI–(Marketwire – February 1, 2009) – While it took four quarters of gridiron action to learn who the best football team in the nation is, it only took Miller High Life one second to remind viewers around the country that High Life is common sense in a [...]