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07 9th, 2010| 
AFP – General James Mattis was named as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – European aerospace giant Airbus on Thursday submitted its bid for a 40-billion-dollar US military contract also eyed by bitter rival Boeing. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates named General James Mattis on Thursday as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Airbus submitted Thursday its bid for a 35-billion-dollar US Air Force contract also eyed by bitter rival Boeing. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Bitter rivals Airbus and Boeing are again preparing to do battle this week, as Friday’s deadline to bid for a 35-billion-dollar US Air Force contract looms. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The Pentagon on Tuesday defended stricter rules on media relations for the US military, saying the department needed to better manage its contacts with reporters. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An American soldier suspected of leaking video footage of a US Apache helicopter strike in Iraq in which around a dozen people were gunned down in broad daylight has been charged, the army said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced concern over Russian plans to build up military bases in Georgian rebel regions and called on Moscow to end its “occupation” of Georgian territory two years after a war. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said NATO and Afghan troops will prevail in the war if they can succeed in securing and bolstering governance in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Read the rest of this entry »