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06 20th, 2011| 
AFP – Coast Guard helicopters intercepted a small aircraft that entered restricted air space near the US capital on Saturday, military officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US senators said that they have taken a major step to halt a controversial military base plan on Japan’s Okinawa island and called on the Pentagon to make a fresh assessment. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – China will boost offshore surveillance by adding ships and 6,000 personnel by 2020, state media said on Friday, another move likely to raise tensions with neighbors staking rival claims to waters thought to hold vast reserves of oil and gas. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Investigators said Thursday they had found tiny traces of dioxin in streams near a US army base in South Korea, but had no evidence yet to support claims that Agent Orange was buried there in 1978. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US lawmakers across party lines stepped up pressure Thursday on President Barack Obama to sell F-16 jet fighters to Taiwan, with some accusing the administration of showing deference to China. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The decline in defense spending by NATO-member countries is a “serious problem” that could eventually force the United States to move away from the alliance, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Lawmakers expressed growing skepticism about the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday as a House panel approved $649 billion in defense spending for the 2012 fiscal year, including $118 billion for wars abroad. Read the rest of this entry »