Oct 10

Cancelled White House chopper 'useless': Pentagon (AFP)

AFP – New White House helicopters will cost less than a cancelled 13-billion-dollar program that proved too expensive and “useless,” the Pentagon said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 10

Pollution an enduring legacy at old missile sites (AP)

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Oct 10

US Navy names ship after civil rights hero Evers (AFP)

AFP – The US Navy said on Friday a cargo ship will be named after civil rights activist Medgar Evers, whose notorious murder in 1963 shaped the struggle for racial equality. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 10

Women more likely to be expelled under 'don't ask' (AP)

AP – Pentagon officials won’t speculate why women in uniform are more likely to be discharged from the armed services under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but critics of the policy say that new figures reflect deep-seated sexism in the armed forces. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 10

Cancelled White House chopper 'useless': Pentagon (AFP)

AFP – New White House helicopters will cost less than a cancelled 13-billion-dollar program that proved too expensive and “useless,” the Pentagon said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »