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		<title>Critical Materials behind Closed Doors</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/05/13/critical-materials-behind-closed-doors-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the Strategic Materials Advisory Council In recent weeks, several senior Obama administration officials have mentioned critical defense materials, and specifically rare earths, on Capitol Hill. Despite the obscurity of these materials in the minds of the general public, valid &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/05/13/critical-materials-behind-closed-doors-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Earth “Market Based” Solutions Untenable For National Security Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/23/rare-earth-market-based-solutions-untenable-for-national-security-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the Strategic Materials Advisory Council Nearly four years of turbulent markets for rare earth elements have exposed an inexplicable passivity within policy elements of the Department of Defense when it comes to securing supplies of strategic materials and the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/23/rare-earth-market-based-solutions-untenable-for-national-security-needs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bracing for Neglected Material Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/16/bracing-for-neglected-material-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the Strategic Materials Advisory Council President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget request includes $615 billion in military spending but is largely silent on key strategic and critical material programs. This silence has raised concerns among some national security and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/16/bracing-for-neglected-material-needs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US to Wean Itself from China’s Rare Earth?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/10/us-to-wean-itself-from-chinas-rare-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NTD Television April 9, 2013 A US based non-profit called the Strategic Materials Advisory Council warned the US Department of Defense on March 21 against stockpiling rare earth metals. Currently, China supplies about 95% of the rare earths market. The non-profit &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/10/us-to-wean-itself-from-chinas-rare-earth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flashpoint: The Free Market vs. CFIUS</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/08/flashpoint-the-free-market-vs-cfius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Strategic Materials Advisory Council U.S. Government contractors are accustomed to time-consuming audits and burdensome government contracting rules and regulations that they view as creating a competitive disadvantage in the global market.  These restrictions are a fact of life for &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/08/flashpoint-the-free-market-vs-cfius/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Minerals TV: April 5, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/05/industrial-minerals-tv-april-5-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Strategic Materials Advisory Council is spotlighted in the April 5, 2013 edition of Industrial Minerals TV, followed by an excellent analysis of Chinese rare earth elements in the Department of Defense supply chain. For more, click here. Note: The Strategic Materials &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/05/industrial-minerals-tv-april-5-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon orders an about-face on REEs</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/03/pentagon-orders-an-about-face-on-rees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shane Lasley Mining News Department of Defense reverses its public stance on rare earths, recommends building a US$130M stockpile of the strategic minerals About face; forward; march! The U.S. Department of Defense recently issued this order in the field of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/04/03/pentagon-orders-an-about-face-on-rees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Lobby Group Warns Against Rare Earth Stockpile Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/28/us-lobby-group-warns-against-rare-earth-stockpile-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Strategic Materials Advisory Council, an American lobby group, has cautioned the country’s Department of Defense (DoD) against stockpiling strategic and critical materials from China, calling the idea a “risky mitigation strategy.” The warning comes in the wake of the completion &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/28/us-lobby-group-warns-against-rare-earth-stockpile-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. DoD, Congress Worry on Rare Earths Stockpiles, Supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/26/u-s-dod-congress-worry-on-rare-earths-stockpiles-supplies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mineweb, 25 Mar 2013 By Dorothy Kosich U.S. dependence on China for heavy rare earths used in military and civilian applications has the Department of Defense, Congress, and the Strategic Materials Council worried. The Strategic Mineral Advisory Council is encouraging the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/26/u-s-dod-congress-worry-on-rare-earths-stockpiles-supplies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Military Compromised by Chinese Rare Earth Dependence</title>
		<link>http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/22/u-s-military-compromised-by-chinese-rare-earth-dependence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ProEdgeWire, March 22, 2013 By Alessandro Bruno The latest biannual “Strategic and Critical Materials 2013 Report on Stockpile Requirements” (‘The Report’) published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) urges Washington to  accumulate $120.43 million worth of heavy rare earths &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.strategicmaterials.org/2013/03/22/u-s-military-compromised-by-chinese-rare-earth-dependence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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