
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called off plans to visit China next week after Beijing told the Pentagon the timing was “inconvenient,” officials said on Wednesday.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called off plans to visit China next week after Beijing told the Pentagon the timing was “inconvenient,” officials said on Wednesday.

AFP - Global military expenditures soared to a record high last year, unscathed by the economic downturn, with the United States accounting for more than half of increase, a think tank said Wednesday.

Reuters - Worldwide military spending surged to a record $1.5 trillion last year, defying an economic downturn caused by the global financial crisis, a leading think tank said on Wednesday.

AFP - The top US military officer cautioned Sunday that it was crucial to get the military’s views at the ground level before implementing a repeal of a law banning gays from serving openly in the military.

AFP - President Barack Obama paid emotional tribute to all US military lost in combat on the US Memorial Day holiday.