* Pentagon's tank-sized budget (more to come, later today)
* McMaster, Kilcullen in Petraeus "dream team"
* Troops uncover uniform stash in Iraq
* Anbar's "baking tray" bombs
* NYT flies Iraqi air (background)
* Milblogging king deploys, again
* Welcome home celebrations cut
* Surfers' nuke tech
* Plea deal in MySpace murder (background)
* Mars too far for people?
* Dodgy reports on space station
* "Big Barda's" purse stolen (background)
* Israel's new spysat
* Saudis ban the letter X
* More mercs for Iraq
* Arms control wonks cry in their mojitos
(Big ups: RC, AG, AT)
