AP – A House panel approved a defense bill early Thursday that would delay President Barack Obama’s new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military and limit the commander in chief’s authority on slashing the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Influential senators called Wednesday on the United States to freeze plans to relocate military bases in Japan and South Korea, describing the moves as politically unfeasible and too costly. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Former Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who oversaw coalition forces in Iraq before retiring in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, is running for Senate in Texas as a Democrat. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japan and the United States are to abandon a deadline of 2014 for relocating a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, a report said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Annual US military spending legislation unveiled Monday calls for the Pentagon and the US spy chief to determine whether China’s vast holdings of US debt pose a national security risk. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Health care fees for working-age military retirees would increase slightly under a defense bill unveiled Monday that drew fierce opposition from the 2.1 million-strong Veterans of Foreign Wars. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Annual US military spending legislation unveiled Monday calls for the Pentagon and the US spy chief to determine whether China’s vast holdings of US debt pose a national security risk. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Dmitry Medvedev marked the anniversary on Monday of victory over Nazi Germany with a promise to arm Russian troops with the latest weapons and push reform of a military plagued by low morale and poor equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
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