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04 6th, 2009|
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday was set to unveil a “fundamental shift” in the country’s military spending with recommended cuts in major weapons programs despite signs of stiff opposition from Congress and industry lobbyists.
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Reuters - The media was permitted on Sunday to cover the arrival of a U.S. armed service member’s coffin at the Pentagon’s main mortuary in Delaware for the first time in 18 years.
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AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said his recommended military budget would “profoundly reform” military spending, calling for cuts to major weapons programs such as F-22 fighter jets.
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AP - As of Sunday, April 5, 2009, at least 601 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
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AFP - Five years ago this month Alan Shearer scored his 173rd goal for Newcastle United as the Magpies defeated Chelsea 2-1 and edged closer to a fifth-placed finish in the Premier League.
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AFP - US aerospace giant Northrop Grumman has agreed to pay 325 million dollars to settle a suit filed over defective parts for spy satellites, the Justice Department said.