AFP – In a major shakeup of President Barack Obama’s security team, CIA director Leon Panetta will become the new Pentagon chief secretary this summer, a US official told AFP on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Relying on information from the Department of Defense, The Associated Press reported erroneously April 19 that Spc. Joseph A. Kennedy, 25, of St. Paul, Minn., died April 15, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his unit was attacked. The Defense Department later said Kennedy died in Ghazni province. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States is considering providing unmanned drones to Pakistan for aerial surveillance despite tensions between the two countries over measures to combat terrorist activity, a US official said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States is considering providing unmanned drones to Pakistan for aerial surveillance despite tensions between the two countries over measures to combat terrorist activity, a US official said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara on Friday ordered soldiers from all sides of the country’s conflict to return to their barracks in an effort to restore stability. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, calling them a “modest contribution” to international coalition efforts there. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Military service has long been one route to U.S. citizenship. Now the Army and Navy, in need of specialists and language skills in wartime, are speeding things up by allowing recruits to wrap up the process while they’re still in basic training. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, calling them a “modest contribution” to international coalition efforts there. Read the rest of this entry »