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02 18th, 2010| 
Feb
17
AP – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric is urging voters to turn out for parliamentary elections set for March 7 but distances himself from any particular coalition. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
16
AP – The number of American soldiers in Iraq has dropped below 100,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion in a clear signal the U.S. is wrapping up its nearly seven-year war to meet a deadline for leaving the country, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
15
AP – A member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday he’s open to hearing options on how to resolve a dispute over the relocation of a contentious U.S. Marine base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
15
AP – President Barack Obama, Pentagon leaders and even former Vice President Dick Cheney think it’s time to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military. But a repeal is probably years away. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
14
AP – As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly could be eased and then repealed, but a complete repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is probably years away. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
14
AFP – A US-administered Pacific island territory has offered to take some of the US troops relocating from Japan amid a row between Washington and Tokyo over a military base, reports said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
14
Reuters – A high-powered laser aboard a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class of ray guns best known from science fiction. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
13
Reuters – A high-powered laser aboard a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class of ray guns best known from science fiction. Read the rest of this entry »