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Frontline – The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia’s secretive royal family. An exploration of how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Read the fascinating transcript.
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New York Times – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon was closely monitoring the growth of China’s navy as part of that country’s overall military buildup.
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Financial Times – The world has been so focused on US military performance in the war on terrorism, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, that it has paid little attention to the growing problems within America’s military forces and the failure of many US plans for force transformation.
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Washington Post – The United States and Japan will declare Saturday for the first time in a joint agreement that Taiwan is a mutual security concern, according to a draft of the document. Analysts called the move a demonstration of Japan’s willingness to confront the rapidly growing might of China.
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Sea Power – The Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plan to pour $97 million during the next four years into a new joint project known as Tango Bravo, intended to lead to the design of a new attack submarine that would have all the capabilities of the current Virginia-class boats, but would be half the size and built at half the cost.
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