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Brandon Friedman: Over $44,000 an Hour to Fly: Putting the F-22 in Perspective

In the midst of the debate over whether or not to suspend production of the Air Force's F-22 fighter jet, the Washington Post has revealed exactly how much it costs to fly and maintain each aircraft. It's dizzying. The F-22 costs more than $44,000 an ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  The Pentagon,  Phil Gingrey,  Ronald Reagan

Brandon Friedman: Support Terrorism: Call Obama's Fuel Plan a "$1,300 Car Tax"

Sometime after 9/11 -- an unprovoked mass murder perpetrated by 19 men, 15 of whom were Saudis -- green went geostrategic, as Americans started to realize we were financing both sides in the war on terrorism. We were financing the U.S. military with ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  20 May 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Congress,  Osama bin Laden,  Thomas Friedman

Brandon Friedman: Torture Advocates will Set the Military Back for Generations

Once upon a time, America was known around the world for its powerful, benevolent nature when handling captured enemy fighters. Even our adversaries knew they could hoist the white flag and expect to be treated humanely. In turn, this made them ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  George W. Bush

Brandon Friedman: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama's First 100 Days

MCDONOUGH: State will send "hundreds" that will "deploy this year." We'll have "very coordinated and concerted effort" and "reach out to NGOs currently in the field and maybe those considering going into the field" for resources. The numbers will be " ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Woody Allen,  George W. Bush,  John McCain,  Richard Holbrooke

Brandon Friedman: My Family's Experience in the Militia

Edward Denney is a great grandfather of mine who served under Colonel Thomas Brandon in the South Carolina State Militia during the Revolutionary War. It's become pretty easy to associate the Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin-driven Tax Day "Tea ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  Michelle Malkin,  Nathanael Greene,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Brandon Friedman: McKiernan Raises Effort to Win Afghan Hearts and Minds to a New Level

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan reached out to influential Afghan tribesmen in regions where U.S. troops will soon deploy, apologizing for past mistakes and saying he is now studying the Quran, the Muslim holy book. McKiernan told the Afghans ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  11 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Glenn Beck

Brandon Friedman: Iraq: On the Right Track, Six Years Later

"You know," he said, "everybody keeps talking about how all the Iraqis are gonna surrender, and how this is just gonna be a walk in the park. But I'm not so sure. People don't like being invaded. They don't like being bombed, and they don't like ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  20 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Brandon Friedman: No, gay soldiers won't be allowed to cross-dress while on duty.

(Military Times photo) Thirty-eight graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., came out of the closet Monday with an offer to help their alma mater educate future Army leaders on the need to accept and honor the sacrifices of lesbian, ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  18 Mar 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

Brandon Friedman: Afghanistan: More Troops are Only One Part of the Solution

Note: This is the last of a two-part series. Yesterday's piece took into account Afghan public attitudes in determining what the real issues are there. Today's piece will look at what we can and should do based on this information. Yesterday I wrote ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  13 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  BBC,  NATO

Brandon Friedman: Five Myths About the Afghanistan Escalation

Obama and Biden will refocus American resources on the greatest threat to our security -- the resurgence of al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They will increase our troop levels in Afghanistan, press our allies in NATO to do the ...

From BRANDON FRIEDMAN, Huffington Post,  29 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Robert Gibbs,  US Department of Defense

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