R&D: Texas Governor’s Race Set for November, GOP Disputes Military Study on Gays, and the Controversy Over the Pentagon Budget

Here is your R&D top five for March 3rd:

Perry to face showdown against White in November from the Houston Chronicle

GOP dismisses military study on gays as biased from the Miami Herald

The Pentagon’s Runaway Budget from Foreign Policy in Focus

Argentina celebrates diplomatic coup as Hillary Clinton calls for talks over Falklands from the London Times

Chalabi takes center stage in Iraq from the Asia Times