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AFP – The F-35 fighter jet, set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet, has become the most expensive weapons program ever, drawing increased scrutiny at a time of tight public finances. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
11
Reuters – Weeks after Congress voted to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military, opponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” returned to court on Monday seeking to press ahead with their lawsuit against the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
11
AP – A gay rights group is asking a federal appeals court in California to keep considering whether a trial judge properly struck down the U.S. military’s ban on gays serving openly in the military. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
10
AFP – At the entrance to a military base in southern Afghanistan, US Army Staff Sergeant Andrew Cunningham hands out money to locals employed to help rebuild their villages devastated by war. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
10
AFP – Citing “dire” fiscal pressures, Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed deeper cuts than planned in US military programs, scaling back ground forces for the first time since the 1990s. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
10
AFP – At the entrance to a military base in southern Afghanistan, US Army Staff Sergeant Andrew Cunningham hands out money to locals employed to help rebuild their villages devastated by war. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
9
AP – The Army’s famed 101st Airborne Division has suffered its deadliest year in combat since Vietnam, with the deaths of 106 soldiers since March. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
8
AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday unveiled cuts of 78 billion dollars in US military programs, saying the country faced a “dire” fiscal situation that meant scaling back defense spending. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
8
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveils cuts in military spending on Thursday as he moves to preempt Congress from making deeper reductions in the Pentagon’s budget, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
8
AFP – The US Navy on Tuesday stripped a captain of his command of an aircraft carrier over crass videos he produced for his crew, saying he had shown “exceptionally poor judgment.” Read the rest of this entry »