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01 31st, 2010| 
AFP – For the US Marines deployed to the battlefields of southern Afghanistan, life is fragile and thoughts focus on the day they see their families again, but something about this war is different. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
31
AP – The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
31
AP – Young men gripping a steel fence along Port-au-Prince’s waterfront call out “Hi, Sir!” to two U.S. Army soldiers, pleading for jobs as translators, drivers, laborers. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
30
AP – Thousands of protesters from across Japan marched Saturday in central Tokyo to protest the U.S. military presence on Okinawa, while a Cabinet minister said she would fight to move a Marine base Washington considers crucial out of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
30
AP – Young men gripping a steel fence along Port-au-Prince’s waterfront call out “Hi, Sir!” to two U.S. Army soldiers, pleading for jobs as translators, drivers, laborers. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
30
AP – The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
29
AFP – Japan must look to Asia as its new “frontier” for growth, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday, also pledging continued close ties with the United States despite a dispute over a military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
29
AP – U.S. Ambassador John Roos defended U.S. troop levels in Japan Friday, saying their presence is essential for maintaining peace and prosperity in the region, and stressed the importance of a key Marine base whose delayed relocation has frayed bilateral relations. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
29
Reuters – The Obama administration notified the U.S. Congress on Friday of its first proposed arms sales to Taiwan, a potential $6.4 billion package bound to anger Beijing and add to rising U.S.-China strains. Read the rest of this entry »