
AFP - The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook.

AFP - The former US Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead at a Texas military base in 2009 did not enter a plea Wednesday, while his trial date was set for March.

Reuters - A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a March 2012 court martial date for a U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base.

AFP - The storied Walter Reed Army hospital, where generations of American soldiers came to heal their wounds, will shut down in September, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Reuters - The U.S. military has essentially the same size, force structure and capabilities as it did a decade ago but costs 35 percent more, an independent public policy think tank said on Monday in an analysis of the 2012 defense budget.
