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10 30th, 2009| 
AFP – US President Barack Obama Wednesday signed a 680-billion-dollar military budget bill, saying his campaign to stamp out Pentagon waste proved political change was possible in Washington. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Democratic Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would be “surprised” if US President Barack Obama does not announce his decision on troop levels in Afghanistan before leaving for Asia on November 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US President Barack Obama will Wednesday sign a 680-billion-dollar defense authorization bill, which includes funds to train Afghan security forces and for more mine resistant troop carriers. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China’s military after years of “on-again, off-again” talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japan’s conservative opposition leader warned on Wednesday that a six-week-old centre left government had harmed the traditional US alliance over a lingering dispute centred on a US military base. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo’s missile defense weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Japanese naval forces plan to shoot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo’s missile defense weaponry, the US military said. Read the rest of this entry »