Reuters – The United States may have to scrap some military missions and trim troop levels if President Barack Obama sticks with his goal of saving $400 billion on security spending over a 10-year period, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – China will beef up its military budget by 12.7 percent this year, the government said on Friday, a return to double-digit spending increases that will stir regional unease. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Pentagon’s top civilian and military leaders implored Congress Wednesday not to cut too deeply into military spending, plunging into a heated political debate over how to curtail defense costs without imperiling U.S. strategic interests at a time the military is fighting two wars. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes no apologies for his handling of the Iraq war in a new memoir, but says his biggest regret was not stepping down after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, US media reported Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes no apologies for his handling of the Iraq war in a new memoir, but says his biggest regret was not stepping down after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, US media reported Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said lawmakers unloaded a “crisis on my doorstep” by failing to approve a military budget for the current fiscal year, forcing potential emergency cutbacks. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said lawmakers unloaded a “crisis on my doorstep” by failing to approve a military budget for the current fiscal year, forcing potential emergency cutbacks. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Citing “dire” fiscal pressures, Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed deeper cuts than planned in US military programs, scaling back ground forces for the first time since the 1990s. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates unveils cuts in military spending on Thursday as he moves to preempt Congress from making deeper reductions in the Pentagon’s budget, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
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