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Hagel to NATO: Allies need to invest more in future modernization

By Dan Verton · Monday, March 03, 2014 · 1:34 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week delivered a sobering message to America’s military allies in Europe: The United States expects NATO countries to be smarter about how they spend their dwindling defense budgets and to modernize.

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The Food and Drug Administration is looking for another way to leverage social media to meet its mission needs. The agency posted a Sources Sought Notice on FedBizOpps in late February for use of social media that would give FDA another arm with which to monitor its risks in real time.

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Hagel to NATO: Allies need to invest more in future modernization

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