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 News As History - January 7, 2009
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Andrew Cuomo is polling better, and has actually won an election. Caroline Kennedy will be appointed to replace Hillary Clinton as senator for New York


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In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology division of the Air Forces public affairs arm, airmen are given guidance on how to handle "trolls," "ragers" -- and even well-informed online writers, too.
 
NYMAS talk, Jan 9 -- "Americas Captives: American POW Policy from the Revolution to the War on Terror"
On Friday, Jan 9th, NYMAS will host Paul Springer, of United States Military Academy at West Point, who will be speaking on "Americas Captives: American POW Policy from the Revolution to the War on Terror" NYMAS talks are free to public. They are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, in mid-town Manhattan. Talks begin at 7:00 and last about two hours.
 
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Arming the Army’s Shadow UAVs has become an important objective. So important, in fact, that it spawned a bright idea: what if the UAV could carry and drop the Army’s 81mm mortar ammunition, which weighs just 9-10 pounds? Enter General Dynamics’ RCFC kit….
 
Bad Katyusha Poetry
The U.K. Guardian has published some of the first poetry inspired by the current war between Israel and Hamas. Its entitled "Katyusha, Katyusha" -- after the Hamas rockets being launched at Israel.
 
Dutch military operations [in pictures]
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49 BC The Senate orders Caesar to disband his army or be declared a public enemy
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