AFP – President Barack Obama’s candidate for defense secretary, CIA Director Leon Panetta, will appear before senators on June 9 for his confirmation hearing, according to a Senate panel. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Using ground-penetrating radar, the United States and South Korea launched a joint survey of a US army base Thursday to try to find out whether tonnes of toxic chemical were buried there decades ago. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The head of the US military said Thursday he was open to ideas on resolving a long-running row with Japan over bases after three senators called the two governments’ agreement infeasible. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said Thursday that Pakistan needed space to sort out internal problems and that it would be dangerous for the United States to abandon the troubled war partner. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied on Thursday that a US general was passed over for the military’s top job due to his dissent over Afghan war strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Using ground-penetrating radar, the United States and South Korea launched a joint survey of a US army base Thursday to try to find out whether tonnes of toxic chemical were buried there decades ago. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The Pentagon said that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama, in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, urged Americans to honor the sacrifices of their war dead by “heeding the example they set.” Read the rest of this entry »