Reuters – President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Tuesday defended her decision to limit military recruiting at Harvard and rejected Republican charges she would be a liberal judicial activist. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The Pentagon on Monday told the US defense industry to bring down costs and find more savings in a “new era” of more modest military spending. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – One of President Barack Obama’s top allies in the US Congress called Monday for military spending cuts and a possible tax increase once the economy has “fully recovered” from the 2008 global meltdown. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The withdrawal of American combat troops and equipment from Iraq is 60 percent complete two months ahead of a deadline that will serve as a precursor for a complete US military pullout. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Malaysia and Thailand have for the first time joined a major US-led exercise in the Pacific Ocean in which some 20,000 personnel are practicing how to coordinate in a crisis, an officer said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »