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    It represents 20% of Lockheed’s total net sales in 2015 and is expected to represent a higher percentage of their sales in future years. Over its 55-year life, the program will cost the Pentagon an estimated $1.50 trillion. A decision to cut spending or reduce planned orders could have an adverse impact on their results of operations. Since the F-35 is the military's largest weapons program, many officials consider it the easiest to cut…

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    Donald Trump and others show great ignorance in this matter. “That’s more than victim blaming ,and it misunderstands the historical role of women in the military,” said retired Col. Don Christensen, a former chief prosecutor of the Air Force. The Pentagon released details on the situation and the records state that in 2014 that an estimated 20,300 service men…

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    September 11 Pros And Cons

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    The terrorists hijacked four planes total and three of them were crashed into America’s most prominent buildings of the World Trade Center in New York named the Twin Towers. Moreover, the Pentagon located in Washington was also attacked and all of that was done within the 60 minute span. To this day, that unbearable 60 minutes is still very unforgettable for America. According to an online article “September 11 is known as one of the deadliest…

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    September 11th, 2001 was a tragic day in history. It started out of any other day, but that changed pretty quickly. Islamic terrorists hijacked American planes and flew two of them into the Twin Towers in New York City. Another plane was flown into the Pentagon just outside of Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. An estimated 2,996 citizens and firefighters were killed and more than 6,000 others were wounded. Some of the information given to us by the…

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    The events that occurred on September 11, 2001 changed the United States forever. The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon scarred America by killing thousands of innocent citizens, tearing apart families, and highlighting how vulnerable we are to random acts of violence. September 11th was the first time since Pearl Harbor in 1941 that the United States was attacked on its own soil. The attackers really had two goals in mind in executing this terrorist act. First, they wanted…

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    California. Two of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown right into the buildings of the World Trade Center located in New York City. One of the four planes, United Airlines Flight 77, flew into the Pentagon located in Washington D.C. The final plane, which was United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attack on the Twin Towers took place on a tranquil Tuesday morning at exactly 8:45 AM on September 11, 2001.…

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    reasons that photograph became famous is that there was an effort to talk to the soldiers, to convince them to throw down their guns and join us”. This protest was one of the first to become violent. Many protesters were trying to enter into the pentagon. More than one hundred and sixty protesters were arrested. The act seems innocent. Their intentions were pure. In the Pepsi commercial photo the mood that surrounds the photo is…

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    9/11 To America Essay

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    crashed into the pentagon and the last crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 American lives were lost that day. Lots of these were from the towers collapsing and all the firefighters and police that got caught in the rouble. 9/11 was a tragic event for many Americans, lots lost their lives.This brought many changes to America and also drove us into fighting…

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    Conspiracy Disproved: The Government’s Innocence September 11, 2001 America took a huge hit. Around 3,000 innocent U.S citizens were killed including 400 police and firefighters. A day so significant that it would lead us into a war with the Middle East taking the lives of over 4,000 men and women who served. No one saw what would be the most devastating day in America coming. On the morning of September 11 the skies above New York City were alluring with beauty. Then it was all taken away…

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    Don T Tell Research

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    Enforced by the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2011, the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) law barred thousands of military members from expressing their sexual identity if they identified with any sexual orientation other than ‘straight’. It forced thousands of military members “under a cloud of anxiety and isolation,” essentially weakening military unit cohesion because of individual secrecy. “As a matter of national security, civil service, and fiscal responsibility,’ the repeal of the…

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