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		ryandrake on March 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge Saying the Pentagon is an office building is like saying the White House is a single family home.

ocb on March 31, 2015 [–]

In fact, the Pentagon and the DoD are synonyms in most usage.

tedunangst on March 31, 2015 | [–]

Which doesn't make a lot of sense in the context of the original sentence.

Anything under DoD should be considered military, as it falls under the jurisdiction of the DoD, which is military.

A little circular.

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