Reuters – South American leaders failed Friday to ease diplomatic tensions set off by a Colombian plan giving U.S. troops more access to its military bases for joint operations against cocaine traffickers and leftist rebels. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn’t tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has authorized the emergency use of a swine flu test for U.S. troops overseas, allowing the military to speed up diagnoses and treatment of a virus that could cause widespread infections again this fall. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned he will break off diplomatic ties with Bogota over a controversial US deal to use Colombian military bases, which he termed a “declaration of war.” Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – South American presidents are expected to slam a US plan to use military bases in Colombia when they gather for a summit in Argentina at the end of the week specifically to discuss the issue. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – With the nation’s top military officer calling the situation in Afghanistan dire, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that’s not enough. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that’s not enough. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Speaking in a soft, sometimes labored voice, the only U.S. Army officer convicted in the 1968 slayings of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai made an extraordinary public apology while speaking to a small group near the military base where he was court-martialed. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Four American soldiers serving in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and abuse of their fellow troops, the US army said in a statement on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
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