Negroponte's leaving won't go unnoticed
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
      The principal lesson learned in the aftermath of 9/11 was that the United States needed a central gathering place for intelligence. That place, unlike the CIA, had to avoid turf battles with spy agencies controlled by the Pentagon, and its director had to have the ear and confidence of the presiden...
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Big Three must be in black to be green
THEDETROIT NEWS
      General Motors Corp. generated a lot of buzz last week with the introduction of the Volt concept car, a plug-in that if driven properly may never need gasoline. We can't wait for the day that this becomes a mass production reality, but don't bet on it anytime soon.
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Vets deserve more than a slap in face
THEDETROIT NEWS
      In August 1943, while touring Army field hospitals in Sicily, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. famously slapped two privates who had been admitted for what was then called "shell shock." The general was reprimanded and lost command of the Seventh Army. In today's Army, the symptoms associated with th...
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