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04 20th, 2009| 
AFP – Moscow will increase the number of warplanes it has stationed in Kyrgyzstan, a Russian general said Monday, following the expulsion of a key US military base from the former Soviet republic. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
20
AP – As of Sunday, April 19, 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
17
AP – Defense officials say that one of the pirates holding an American captive fired an automatic weapon when the hostage tried to swim to safety. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
17
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for a cautious approach in changing the existing US policy on gays serving in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
16
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
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 »