AFP – US President Barack Obama’s national security advisor said Tuesday Washington will give a “good explanation” for plans to deploy US military units to bases in Colombia, after unease expressed in Latin America. Read the rest of this entry »
We’re sharing with you today’s Gov Gab Blog entry:
“You’re probably familiar with the CARS program by now you know the program that offers cash to people who own old, fuel inefficient cars to help them buy new, fuel efficient cars.
Even though the program is still very new, it’s been so popular that it’s almost out of money. The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 that created the program allocated only a billion dollars (I can’t believe that I just used the phrase “only a billion dollars”) for the whole program. When the money runs out, the program ends.
The House of Representatives has decided that they don’t want the program to end and passed a bill on Friday to allocate more money Read the rest of this entry »
AP – An ex-Navy SEAL trainee had his murder and abduction convictions overturned Tuesday after spending 13 years in prison for killing a Georgia college student who was vacationing in Virginia. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Australian police arrested four men they said were linked to a Somali militant group on Tuesday, accusing them of planning a suicide attack on an army base and raising fears the al Qaeda-linked rebels were seeking targets outside Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Australian police arrested four men linked to a Somali militant group on Tuesday, accusing them of planning a suicide attack on an army base and raising concerns al Qaeda-linked militants were seeking targets outside Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Defense Department on Monday said it wants to speed up production plans for an enormous “bunker buster” bomb amid concern over underground nuclear sites in Iran and North Korea. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Pentagon is seeking to speed deployment of an ultra-large “bunker-buster” bomb on the most advanced U.S. bomber as soon as July 2010, the Air Force said on Sunday, amid concerns over perceived nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The remains of a U.S. Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The remains of a U.S. Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »