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09 28th, 2009|
Sep
27
AFP - An American aerial surveillance drone crashed into the offices of an Iraqi political party in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said on Sunday.
Sep
26
AFP - The US Navy secretary said on Friday women deserve a chance to serve on submarines, promising to move “aggressively” to change the rules that ban females on subs.
Sep
26
Reuters - Navy Admiral Mike Mullen won Senate confirmation on Friday for a second, two-year term as chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the most senior officer in the U.S. military.
Sep
25
AP - The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders.
Sep
25
AFP - The Obama administration has promised to discuss a controversial deal on US military bases with Japan’s new left-leaning government but stopped short of saying it would renegotiate it.
Sep
25
AFP - The US military wants to withdraw forces from some remote areas in Afghanistan and deploy them to population centers where insurgents pose a bigger threat, a top US general has said.
Sep
25
AFP - The Pentagon reopened competition for a long-delayed contract to build aerial refueling tankers, vowing fair treatment for aviation rivals Boeing and Airbus parent EADS.
Sep
24
AFP - The Pentagon on Thursday unveiled plans to relaunch a competition for a contract on a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers that pits US aviation giant Boeing against Airbus parent EADS.