"They would bring contraband in their briefcases, in manila envelopes, " an active-duty officer familiar with Defense Department records on attorney access violations told us.

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He went on to name a well-worn list of difficulties in controlling online conflict: Attribution is difficult or impossible, deterrence is far less effective, the private sector has a far more active role in defense, non-state actors have more potential for destruction, and the measurable potential for damage is far from clear.

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Of the 36 still-active Democrats in Congress who voted for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which recognizes only heterosexual marriages, all but nine have since changed to support gay marriage.

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More than 100, 000 Iraqis are already active in the five security forces - the Police, Border Police, Site Protection Service, Civil Defense Corps of the new Iraqi Army.

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For instance, the Defense Business Board found last year that 40 percent of the 1.4 million active-duty military personnel in the joint force had never deployed for combat, and an additional 30 percent had only deployed once.

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He may also alienate a key element of his political constituency without which neither he nor his Republican party will fare well in future elections: the active-duty military and the millions of others in and out of uniform National Guard and Reserve personnel, veterans, defense contractors, their employees and unions, and other patriotic Americans who once formed the Reagan defense coalition.

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