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This Day in Founder's History

This Day in Founders History – 7 August

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] If you're having problems playing the video, please download it, there may be an incompatibility with your browser. [/private] This Day In Founders History – 7 August On this day in 1782, General George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit. Today, we know this award as The Purple Heart. This award was only open to enlisted men and there are only three known recipients […]

todayAugust 7, 2012 5

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How the DoD Blows One Trillion Per Year – An Unfortunately True Story

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Audio and Transcript - How do you get to a trillion dollars in defense spending?  Pull up a chair and I’ll tell you.  The Pentagon’s base budget is $530 billion.  To put it another way, a billion is a thousand million.  That’s $530,000 million, just to try to give it a little perspective.  So $530 billion is what the DOD allegedly spends, but that’s just the […]

todayMay 23, 2012 3

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