Business
KBR, guilty in Iraq negligence, wants taxpayers to foot the bill;
Lockheed subsidiary to buy Aveos repair business, rehire some workers;
Space
NASA space telescope shows there may be 17 billion Earth-like planets in Milky Way;
NASA seeks to lease or sell space shuttle facilities;
Robonauts are go! R2 the robot astronaut begins work on the International Space Station;
International
Airport closed after Australian army forgets to take fake bombs out of rental car glove box;
British team land in Burma to start digging for lost Spitfire squadron in the jungle;
Japan may lift military spending;
Defense
Defense officials planning for deep spending cuts in March;
Veterans
Darrell Issa reminds Eric Shinseki of GSA head’s departure in spending scandal;
Viewpoint:
Washington Post:
Book review: ‘The Insurgents’ by Fred Kaplan and ‘My Share of the Task’ by Stanley A. McChrystal;
Washington Times:
TAUBE: Hagel a poor pick for Pentagon chief;
