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05 6th, 2009|
May
6
AP - China blamed the United States on Wednesday for the latest naval confrontation between the countries, after rejecting criticism by Washington that Beijing’s rising military strength is focused on countering U.S power.
May
6
AP - A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote section of a Southern California forest, killing its two experienced pilots, authorities said Wednesday.
May
6
AFP - Two US Marine pilots were killed when their military attack helicopter crashed during a training exercise in southern California, military officials said Wednesday.
May
6
Reuters - President Barack Obama’s Defense Department plans to create 20,000 new government jobs to help revamp the way it buys more than $100 billion of weapons each year, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official told Congress.
May
6
AP - The Navy canceled the deployment of a San Diego-based ship and ordered its crew to be treated with anti-viral drugs after a crew member’s illness was confirmed as swine flu.
May
6
AFP - The US Navy said Tuesday a warship’s crew member became ill with swine flu and 50 others showed symptoms, leading military officials to cancel a scheduled deployment to the South Pacific.