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10 28th, 2009| 
AFP – US President Barack Obama will Wednesday sign a 680-billion-dollar defense authorization bill, which includes funds to train Afghan security forces and for more mine resistant troop carriers. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
Reuters – Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China’s military after years of “on-again, off-again” talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
AFP – Japan’s conservative opposition leader warned on Wednesday that a six-week-old centre left government had harmed the traditional US alliance over a lingering dispute centred on a US military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
AFP – Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo’s missile defense weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
AFP – Japanese naval forces plan to shoot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo’s missile defense weaponry, the US military said. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called for deeper military ties with Beijing, telling a top Chinese general it was time to end a pattern of “on-again, off-again” relations. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
27
AFP – Democratic Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would be “surprised” if US President Barack Obama does not announce his decision on troop levels in Afghanistan before leaving for Asia on November 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
27
AP – Sgt. Jason Hawk and his bride met for the first time when he picked her up at a bus stop near his Army base a day before their wedding. Prosecutors say the speedy romance was echoed by a fast honeymoon: Ayna Ivanova returned to New York soon after. Read the rest of this entry »