May 16

17,000 Japanese circle US base in peaceful protest<br /> (AP)<br /> Read the rest of this entry »

May 16

Gates aims at an elusive target: US defense budget<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is vowing to rein in the Pentagon’s mushrooming budget and bloated bureaucracy, hoping to succeed where his predecessors mostly failed.

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