Of course, implementing both initiatives would tend to shift job creation from defense to domestic pursuits like teaching.

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But Blair is likely to hold firm against moves to shift responsibility for European defense away from NATO and the influence of the United States.

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Forbes spoke with Carr about his belief that Internet-connected people are losing their ability to think deeply, what the rise of devices like the iPad and Kindle might mean for that shift, and his defense of President Obama's recent anti-gadget jab.

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This defense attempts to shift attention from the allegations of wrongdoing onto the integrity of the individual.

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It is a shift in strategy, one defense source said.

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For the defense industry, though, the shift to a focus on Western Pacific security will be a boon, because sustaining U.S. presence there requires precisely the kinds of big-ticket weapons that recent administrations have been loathe to fund.

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The reason for the shift is a series of overseas surprises likely to alter U.S. defense priorities.

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AeroVironment's remote-control attack plane may be small, but it represents a big shift taking place in the U.S. military: Today's defense robotics are more focused on killing and less dependent on humans than ever before.

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But defense officials said commanders have signed off on the plans, satisfied that a planned shift to a training mission allows for an accelerated drawdown.

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But defense officials said commanders have signed off on the plans, satisfied that a planned shift to a strategy focused on training Afghan forces would allow for an accelerated drawdown.

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