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Consumer Energy Report Wishful thinking: If we only had a stable energy policy
In this column energy expert Rapier provides three examples — originating with both Democrats and Republicans and impacting both renewable energy and fossil fuels — of how constantly shifting legislation makes it very difficult to plan and execute energy projects.
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Post oil: Pentagon "Green Hawks" see energy security in biofuel (VIDEO)
"Green Hawks" at Pentagon see energy security in biofuel alternatives for a post-oil world.
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SEAL Team Six: Obama honors troops killed in helicopter crash
SEAL Team Six, the unit that killed Osama bin Laden in May, lost members Saturday when Afghan insurgents downed a NATO helicopter. President Obama paid tribute to all of the fallen Tuesday.
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Facing a firestorm, Navy reverses course on performing same-sex marriages
The chief of Navy chaplains had said same-sex marriages could be performed in military chapels as soon as 'don't ask, don't tell' ends. But a sharply critical response has put that on hold.
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How Leon Panetta could change Washington as next Defense secretary
Leon Panetta, currently CIA director, is a close ally of Vice President Biden. But political realities could prevent him from adopting Mr. Biden's stance on US troops in Afghanistan.
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As Harvard welcomes back ROTC, other elite schools may follow
At a ceremony with the secretary of the Navy, Harvard welcomes ROTC back to its campus, ending a Vietnam-era ban. Columbia, Brown, and other top schools may soon do the same.
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Navy: submarine duty to be opened to women
The Navy is beginning a recruiting and vetting process to find female officers who are willing and qualified to serve aboard subs. For the Navy, submarine life was one of the last men-only bastions.
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Navy submarines: What’s really in the way of women serving?
If mixing crew genders can work for NASA, Canada, and Norway, it can work on a Navy submarine.
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Navy to allow women to serve aboard submarines
A ban on female sailors aboard submarines is one of the last barriers preventing women from serving equally alongside men in the military. The Navy notified Congress on Monday of its intent to drop the ban.
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Surging Obama campaign suggests US racism on the wane
Prejudice lingers, but there’s evidence it’s becoming a thing of the past.
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