AP – The Pentagon’s top civilian and military leaders implored Congress Wednesday not to cut too deeply into military spending, plunging into a heated political debate over how to curtail defense costs without imperiling U.S. strategic interests at a time the military is fighting two wars. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday praised Japan’s efforts to find a solution to a dispute over a US base on Okinawa and said he hoped for progress “later this spring.” Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Republicans in the Congress on Wednesday pressed ahead with legislation to immediately slice $61 billion from domestic programs, but so far showed little appetite for paring one of the biggest chunks of the budget — military spending. Read the rest of this entry »
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