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- noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
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The department of defense, which he characterized as the world's largest consumer of energy, will make one of the "largest commitments to clean energy in history" – with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year.
State of the union address: Obama's proposed policy reforms 2012
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I could prove it if it were not for the fact I am convinced my internet activity is being monitored by the department of defense.
Archive 2007-01-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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But the difference between the ministry of defense now and the ministry of defense, the previous department of defense and intelligence is that the department of defense now must focus on creation an army that will protect citizen.
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He now does consulting work for the department of defense.
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If we stopped both wars, fired every military contractor, and fired every single person in the military, and eliminated the department of defense, we'd cut spending.....
Top News Digg 2011
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Asked if the meetings could create a perception problem, Lapan said: "I don't think so because ... we the department of defense have have had a long-standing military-to-military relationship with Egypt."
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They also wrote jesus killed muhhamad on a wall yelled it through a megaphone and shot anyone who came outside their door. there are also allegations they provided weapons to a terrorist group, and yeah they're still in operation and their contracts are still being renewed with the department of defense.
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On March 27th US President Barak Obama announced new plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan after a lengthy consultation with members of his cabinet, military commanders, department of defense and representatives of Afghanistan and Pakistani governments.
Asian Tribune 2009
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Primary Response integrates with existing enterprise data stores, including Microsoft Active Directory, for accelerated time to deployment by leveraging administration authentication and general user and group management. securify and patriot technologies announce multi-million dollar enterprise software agreement with the department of defense
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Primary Response integrates with existing enterprise data stores, including Microsoft Active Directory, for accelerated time to deployment by leveraging administration authentication and general user and group management. securify and patriot technologies announce multi-million dollar enterprise software agreement with the department of defense
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