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This Washington has its own military-industrial complex problem
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11 years after terror attacks, America should calm itself
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A Northwest professor looks at a forgotten American pandemic
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Are we going to war with Syria?
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Investigation finds army panel in Tacoma created "toxic" environment
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Lewis-McChord faces cut of up to 8,000
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Nonpartisan review finds U.S. tortured detainees after 9/11
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