AFP – Two US men were charged Thursday with plotting to attack a Seattle military center with machine guns and grenades in the hopes of killing more people than a single gunman achieved in the deadly 2009 attack at Fort Hood. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, and the ongoing war crimes prosecutions of Washington state soldiers helped inspire a terror plot in which two men planned to attack a military recruiting station in Seattle with grenades and machine guns, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Obama administration sharply criticized a $649 billion defense spending bill in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday as lawmakers began debating next year’s Pentagon funding, including the war in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The developed countries took the near unprecedented step Thursday of drawing down their oil reserves to make good the loss of Libyan supply, aiming to keep prices in check ahead of peak demand. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A formal end to the ban on gays serving openly in the US military will likely come by late July or early August, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates told AFP on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The U.S. military’s top officer told Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw up to 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is riskier than he originally was prepared to endorse. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A young US Marine arrested near the Pentagon with an explosives component was charged Thursday in five shootings at military installations and could face more charges, prosecutors said. Read the rest of this entry »
Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop grassroots organization, will broadcast Troopathon IV: Remember their Sacrifice on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Troopathon will be held at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA, from 1 – 9 p.m. Pacific Time. If you’re in the area, you’re invited to attend live. Admission is free. For the rest of us, the event will be webcast via live streaming at Troopathon.org.
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