AP – Japan is stepping up efforts ahead of new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s visit next week to break a stalemate over the relocation of a Marine base that has stalled the restructuring of U.S. military forces in Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law making it a crime to lie about being awarded a military medal or decoration violated free-speech rights. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln is mounted under glass, like a diamond in a snow globe, in its new home at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Militants tried to blast their way into an American base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, striking before dawn with rocket-propelled grenades and a vehicle packed with explosives. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday that cutting $450 billion in security spending over the next decade would take the Pentagon “to the edge” and appealed for U.S. lawmakers to avoid further cuts in national security. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is urging Congress to work with him on deficit-reduction-driven cuts in military spending and warning that some lawmakers’ favored programs could be on the chopping block. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Egyptian generals defended on Wednesday the army’s actions in cracking down on a Christian protest over a church attack that left 25 dead, denying charges that troops used live ammunition or that army vehicles crushed demonstrators under their wheels. Read the rest of this entry »