AFP – The United States promised Monday it would at least consider Japan’s ideas on a military base, which has been a growing thorn in relations between the two allies. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada arrived Sunday in the United States for talks on a controversial US military base that has clouded relations between the close allies, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Japan is still seeking to move a contentious American military base off the southern island of Okinawa and will finalize its proposal for Washington by the end of March, the prime minister said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The independent Commission on Wartime Contracting wants to know whether American contractors in Iraq are adequately reducing the number of employees in the country as U.S. troops are withdrawn. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A crew member went missing but three others were rescued on Wednesday as a US Navy radar plane supporting operations in Afghanistan ploughed into the Arabian Sea, the US Fifth Fleet said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Colombian rebels on Tuesday freed a government soldier who was held hostage in the jungle for more than 12 years and symbolized those left behind in the war against Latin America’s oldest insurgency. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A high-ranking Army general won’t be formally reprimanded after urging troops to lobby to keep the ban on openly gay military service. Read the rest of this entry »