Patriot Paradox

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. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The United States should focus on training and equipping Afghanistan’s security forces as it weighs what troop levels are needed to fight the war there, Democratic Senator Carl Levin said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military plans to reopen competition in the next few weeks for a politically charged contract to build a fleet of US aerial refueling tankers, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Five US Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to deny Boeing’s commercial rival Airbus a politically charged contract to build a fleet of US aerial refueling tankers. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – One US serviceman was killed and 12 others were injured when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed inside a US base north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Five US Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to deny Boeing’s commercial rival Airbus a politically charged contract to build a fleet of US aerial refueling tankers. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – As the U.S. military prepares to hand over the remnants of its detention system to the Iraqi government next year, it is training Iraqi wardens and guards to ensure that changes it made after the Abu Ghraib scandal remain in place. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – China dismissed U.S. accusations that the growth and modernization of its military poses a threat, saying Friday that the comments were groundless and irresponsible. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – A suicide car bomber killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians Thursday in the heavily guarded capital of Kabul — a grim reminder of the Taliban’s reach amid political uncertainty in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military plans to reopen competition in the next few weeks for a politically charged contract to build a fleet of US aerial refueling tankers, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »