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The Hidden Cost of Iraq War
Times Staff WriterSACRAMENTO — It won't show up on the Defense Department's budget, but the prolonged U.S. occupation of Iraq is beginning to burden state and local governments as they struggle to get by without employees mobilized into National Guard and military...Tags: Los Angeles, Employees, Employment, Armed Forces, Law Enforcement
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Looking for a little breathing room?
Special to The TimesPalmdale was depicted as a short strip of houses with a bus stop in the 2001 comedy "Bubble Boy," but that's far from reality. The city, nicknamed "The Aerospace Capital of the World," is a fast-growing bedroom community with about 136,000 residents, many...Tags: Los Angeles, Armed Forces, Commerce, Steve Burton, Aerospace Manufacturing
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County braces for growth amid military change
Sun StaffAnne Arundel County officials said the announcement of 5,300 jobs at Fort Meade fits their belief that the western portion of the county will be a center for population and business growth over the next 20 years. "It's reassuring to have this...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Anne Arundel County, National Security, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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The sky's not the limit in new U.S. war
Orlando Sentinel Staff WriterMiles above the Earth, inside the slender fuselage of a Boeing 707, the crew of a stunningly complex flying command center concentrates on more than a dozen brightly colored video screens. They are the new masters of war, and their plane is a key...Tags: Afghanistan, Washington (U.S. state), Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Orlando Predators
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Answering the Coast Guard's SOS
Times Staff WriterTired of its image as a "second-class navy" outgunned by smugglers and stuck in the technological stone age, the Coast Guard hopes to spend more than $10 billion over the next 20 years to replace its fleet of aging ships, aircraft and communications...Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Los Angeles, Armed Forces, Lockheed Martin Corp., Organized Crime
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Cleanup of anthrax will cost hundreds of millions of dollars
Sun StaffCleaning up the invisible trail of biological poison left by the anthrax letters mailed last year will cost hundreds of millions of dollars by the time the decontamination effort is complete in 2004 or later, government officials say. The cleanup reached...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Employees, Death, Environmental Politics, Bioterrorism
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A thriving community steeped in history and art
Special To The SunIn the mid-1980s, Michael Lamason moved the Black Cherry Puppet Theater to two abandoned buildings he snatched up for $12,000 across the street from Hollins Market. His traveling performance company brought him into a growing artists' community. It's in a...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Washington (U.S. state), Clubs and Associations, Vehicles, Restaurants
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Bush makes defense firms nervous
Sun StaffFew things can rattle the defense industry more than a new American president, so early in last year's election season the Aerospace Industries Association set out to determine which candidate best suited its agenda. Officials made a chart of the...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Armed Forces, Defense Equipment, Elections
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Feds probe Northrop in defense fraud case
Tribune staff reporterFederal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation of the Rolling Meadows facility of defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. in connection with alleged fraud of more than $100 million. In court papers, some filed under seal, the U.S attorney'...Tags: Los Angeles, Employees, George Washington University, Judges, Labor Legislation
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Newest U.S. Weapons Built to Swiftly Find and Destroy
Times Staff WriterEven before terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, the Pentagon and the defense industry were gearing up for a new kind of warfare taking shape in Afghanistan and elsewhere, designing spy equipment and weapons that could pinpoint moving targets and knock them...Tags: Afghanistan, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Los Angeles, Armed Forces, Defense Equipment
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