AP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates is tapping two seasoned Pentagon officials to lead the military’s first in-depth study on allowing openly gay service members, promising to try to spare more troops from being dismissed in the meantime. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama on Monday called for an extra $33 billion this year to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, and wants a big boost in spending on US wars in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Thousands of protesters from across Japan marched Saturday in central Tokyo to protest the U.S. military presence on Okinawa, while a Cabinet minister said she would fight to move a Marine base Washington considers crucial out of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama is urging Congress to repeal the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, but Democratic allies and Republican opponents alike are criticizing his approach. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A US Marine unit arrived off the coast of Haiti Saturday as the United States continued to ramp up its military deployment to the country’s relief effort, US Southern Command said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A US Marine unit arrived off the coast of Haiti Saturday as the United States continued to ramp up its military deployment to the country’s relief effort, US Southern Command said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Muslim groups reacted angrily after it emerged that the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan were using rifle sights inscribed with coded Biblical references. Read the rest of this entry »
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