Feb 21

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat 
    (AFP)

AFP – The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 18

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat 
    (AFP)

AFP – The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 18

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat 
    (AFP)

AFP – The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 18

US troops in Iraq below 100,000 for first time since 2003 
    (AFP)

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Feb 17

US troops in Iraq below 100,000 for first time since 2003 
    (AFP)

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Feb 17

Top cleric urges Iraqis to turn out for March vote 
    (AP)

AP – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric is urging voters to turn out for parliamentary elections set for March 7 but distances himself from any particular coalition. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 16

US troops at lowest level since Iraq invasion 
    (AP)

AP – The number of American soldiers in Iraq has dropped below 100,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion in a clear signal the U.S. is wrapping up its nearly seven-year war to meet a deadline for leaving the country, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 15

US senator open to options on Japan base dispute 
    (AP)

AP – A member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday he’s open to hearing options on how to resolve a dispute over the relocation of a contentious U.S. Marine base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 15

Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon 
    (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama, Pentagon leaders and even former Vice President Dick Cheney think it’s time to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military. But a repeal is probably years away. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 14

Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon 
    (AP)

AP – As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly could be eased and then repealed, but a complete repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is probably years away. Read the rest of this entry »

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