Reuters – The nominee to become the top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday it would be “extraordinarily difficult and very high risk” to cut $800 billion from defense spending as part of efforts to reduce the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Iraqi forces on Tuesday took charge of security at the oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops, an Iraqi navy official said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – General Martin Dempsey, the nominee to be the next chief uniformed officer of the US military, said Tuesday that major cuts in defense spending would pose a “very high risk” to the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military is surrendering to YouTube. Less than three years after its launch, the Pentagon is shutting down TroopTube, a video-sharing site set up for US soldiers and their families. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The nominee to be the next chief unformed officer of the US military pledged on Tuesday to press Pakistan to rein in Islamic extremists, saying that the war partner falsely considered India to be its top enemy. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Lockheed Martin Corp.’s profit slipped 10 percent in the second quarter as the aerospace and defense contractor dealt with severance pay matters and increased pension costs. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States is mulling a bilateral exchange of defense officials with Beijing, the top American military official said Tuesday, following his visit to China earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – From flyers warning troops the post office will shut soon to disused housing units waiting to be dispatched to their new destination, the signs are everywhere: US forces are packing up to leave Iraq more than eight years after they first arrived. Read the rest of this entry »
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