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10 13th, 2009| 
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. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in “serious jeopardy” and needs more troops to turn the tide against an increasingly potent Taliban insurgency, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, putting her at odds with an influential Democratic colleague on military matters Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
