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PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

• Stability, Reconstruction Skills Key to Long Lasting Security

DEFENSE WATCH

• In the Army, Why Can't Soldiers Be Customers?

WASHINGTON PULSE

• Marines: MRAP Impedes Operations
• Sea Duty for Combat Hardened Marines
• Intelligence Assets, Not Surprisingly, in Short Supply
• Urban Combat Training Not Up to Par

SECURITY BEAT

• Satellite to Demonstrate Maritime Surveillance for Coast Guard
• DHS Continues to Oppose 100 percent Cargo Screening
• TSA Struggling with 'Stovepiped' Information Infrastructure
• Climate Change Will Result in Societal Upheavals, Think Tanks Warn
• Government Sets Sights on Creating Federal Fire Response Plan

INSIDE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Communication Options for Sailors at Sea

IN FOCUS

• Nonlethal Weapons: Help or Hinder?
• Pentagon Backs Interagency Program for Disaster Response
• Almost Green, Why Not Just Call Them Soldiers?

INDUSTRY STUDY

• U.S. Government Needs to Reexamine Rules for Privatized Military Operations
• Industrial College of the Armed Forces: A Primer

COMMUNICATIONS

• Army Exploring New Ways to Beam Streaming Video to Fast-Moving Troops
• Promise of 'Revolution' in Satellite Communication Faces Challenges

UNDER WATER KILLERS

• Improvised Explosive Devices: Could They Threaten U.S. Ports?
• Navy Rethinking Mine Warfare

COVER STORY

• Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas
• Air Force Big-Ticket Weapons So Far Safe From Budget Ax
• Ship Costs Endanger Navy's Fleet Expansion

HOMELAND DEFENSE

• DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs
• Coast Guard Procurement Programs Struggling, But Staying Afloat
• Coast Guard Takes on Airborne Ship Surveillance
• Coast Guard Searches for Better Ways to Cope with Protestors
• Coast Guard Reorganizes in Anticipation of Future Threats

TECH TALK

• Novel Breathing System Offers Safer Alternative
• High Grade Flashlights Tagged for Cops
• Protective Shield Gives Shooters Panoramic View
• Temporary Camouflage Features Easy Removal
• Terrorist Swimmers: Don't Go Near the Water
• Concrete Pads and Walls Are Light and Eco-Friendly
• Lamps Reduce Vehicle's Electro-Magnetic Signature

ETHICS CORNER

• Codes of Conduct Don't Always Protect Reputation

IN MEMORIAM

• Joseph P. Hylan, Roger Ohlrich