Apr 16

Gorbachev: US military power blocks `no nukes' 
    (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama’s call for a nuclear weapons-free world is welcome, but the huge U.S. defense budget may prove an “insurmountable obstacle” to reaching that goal, former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 16

US general Odierno: Iraq violence low 
    (AFP)

AFP – The United States will meet a 2011 deadline to pull its combat forces out of Iraq, the top coalition leader in the country said. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 16

US troops may stay longer in Mosul: commander 
    (AFP)

AFP – US troops could stay in violence-wracked Mosul beyond a June 30 deadline for withdrawing from Iraqi cities if Baghdad asks them to, the commander of US forces in the northern province said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 16

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 605 
    (AP)

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