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04 18th, 2009|
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates criss-crossed the country this week trying to get the top brass behind his cost-cutting military budget that would boost funds for counter-insurgency warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Apr
18
Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday a strong Iranian military would help preserve stability in the Middle East, as Iran marked its armed forces’ day with a parade that appeared more muted than in the past.
Apr
18
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates criss-crossed the country this week trying to get the top brass behind his cost-cutting military budget that would boost funds for counter-insurgency warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Apr
18
AP - As of Friday, April 15, 2009, at least 606 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 Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.