Reuters – A California man who was fatally shot after opening fire on security officers outside the Pentagon appears to have been acting alone, with no links to domestic or international terrorism, police said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey said Thursday he sees anxiety in the armed services over how possible changes in the law that bans openly gay servicemen and women would be implemented. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Pentagon’s chief arms buyer on Thursday said he was not seeing signs that the U.S. military services or international partners would cut their planned purchases of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, but acknowledged that was a risk for such a big program. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A man shot and wounded two security officers at an entrance to the Pentagon near a busy commuter rail station on Thursday before being fatally wounded in a shootout, officials and media reports said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Boeing said Thursday it would bid for a 35-billion-dollar contract to supply aerial refueling tankers to the US Air Force, insisting its planes would be cheaper than the ones by rival Airbus. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday that his government would decide by the end of March on a basic plan of where to move a contentious US military base on the island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Boeing said Thursday it would bid for a 35-billion-dollar contract to supply aerial refueling aircraft to the US Air Force, saying its planes would be cheaper than the ones by rival Airbus. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The chairman of the House oversight committee has told Defense Secretary Robert Gates he’s upset that defense giant KBR Inc. was awarded a contract potentially worth $2.8 billion for work in Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Pushing back against Pentagon opposition, lawmakers said on Wednesday they would forge ahead with legislation to lift restrictions on homosexuals in the armed forces before a year-long military review is completed. Read the rest of this entry »
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