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AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island.
AP - President Barack Obama’s chief of staff says the central issue that must be settled before the president makes a decision about troop levels in Afghanistan is whether there is a credible government in Kabul.
AP - President Barack Obama’s chief of staff says the central issue that must be settled before the president makes a decision about troop levels in Afghanistan is whether there is a credible government in Kabul.
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.
AFP - US Coast Guard and Navy rescue teams searched Friday for a pilot who went missing after two F-16 fighter jets collided off the coast of South Carolina, the Air Force said.
AFP - The US Air Force said on Thursday the commander of a nuclear wing had been sacked after his unit failed a safety inspection, trucks carrying missile parts crashed and officers under him fell asleep with launch codes in hand.
AFP - Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.
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