Feb 2

Gates pitches $768.2B defense budget to Congress<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging Congress to approve the Obama administration’s $768.2 billion Pentagon budget request, saying America needs “a broad portfolio of military capabilities.”

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Feb 2

McCain against changing policy on gays in military<br />
    (AP)<br />

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Feb 2

US envoy shrugs off anti-base poll result in Japan<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The United States wants Japan to honour a plan to host a new US military base on Okinawa island despite a recent election there that signalled local opposition, the top US diplomat for Asia said Tuesday.

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Feb 2

AP sources: Officials to review military gay ban<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is tapping two seasoned Pentagon officials to lead the military’s first in-depth study on allowing openly gay service members, promising to try to spare more troops from being dismissed in the meantime.

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Feb 2

Boeing says too early to speculate on China sanctions<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Aerospace giant Boeing said on Tuesday that it was too early to speculate about the impact of any Chinese sanctions on US firms as a result of American arms sales to Taiwan.

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Feb 2

US envoy shrugs off anti-base poll result in Japan<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The United States wants Japan to honour a plan to host a new US military base on Okinawa island despite a recent election there that signalled local opposition, the top US diplomat for Asia said Tuesday.

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Feb 2

Obama seeks record $708 billion in 2011 defense budget<br />
    (Reuters)<br />

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Feb 2

US probes Pacific missile test failure: Pentagon<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The US military failed to shoot down a ballistic missile in a test resembling an Iranian or North Korean strike after a radar malfunctioned, a spokesman said on Monday.

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