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10 14th, 2009|
Reuters - The United States will host a top general from China’s armed forces later this month, a visit meant to improve relations between the two countries’ militaries, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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AFP - Despite decades of denials by Washington and Tokyo, US officials believe they enjoyed a secret pact to transport nuclear weapons through Japan, newly declassified documents showed.
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AFP - The governor of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture said a US military base could stay on the island, officials said Wednesday — the latest twist in a row weeks before President Barack Obama visits the country.
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AFP - President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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AFP - Helped by tough economic times, the US military had a banner year for recruitment, meeting all its goals for the first time since creating an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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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.
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Reuters - Aided by a bleak job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the first time since it became an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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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.