
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.

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.

Reuters - Increasing pressure on the overall U.S. defense budget means the Navy must focus even more buying flexible and affordable weapons systems that can adapt to changing threats and needs, the Navy’s top officer said.

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island.

AFP - The CIA’s harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda detainees provided “valuable” information but are not needed to keep America safe, the US intelligence chief said Wednesday.

AFP - The CIA’s harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda detainees provided “valuable” information but are not needed to keep America safe, the US intelligence chief said Wednesday.

AFP - The top US military commander Admiral Michael Mullen met American soldiers deployed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, kickstarting his second visit to the war-torn country in just weeks, an official said.

AFP - The top US military commander Admiral Michael Mullen arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday on a three-day visit to meet US soldiers deployed in the south and east of the country, an official said.

AFP - The US Air Force will buy more F-22 fighter aircraft than the 183 it has ordered so far, but fewer than it had hoped for, the service’s chief of staff said Tuesday amid a growing budget crunch.