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05 8th, 2011|
May
1
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will wrap up his near five-year tour at the Pentagon on June 30, a senior Obama administration official said Wednesday.
Apr
28
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will wrap up his near five-year tour at the Pentagon on June 30, a senior Obama administration official said Wednesday.
Apr
28
AP - President Barack Obama’s choice of expert budget-cutter Leon Panetta to lead the Defense Department is a clear signal that the White House perceives the nation’s deficit crisis, not the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as its toughest challenge.
Apr
14
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.
Apr
8
AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region Friday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani on security needs after American troops pull out this year.
Mar
15
AFP - The Pentagon received no warning that Saudi troops and others were being deployed to keep a lid on violent protests in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, the US defense department said Monday.
Mar
6
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he expects no major cuts to weapons programs in the next two years but that fiscal pressures could require sacrifices.
Mar
4
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he expects no major cuts to weapons programs in the next two years but that fiscal pressures could require sacrifices.
Feb
20
AFP - Top US military chiefs on Wednesday vowed “zero tolerance” for sexual assaults in the ranks, amid a lawsuit from current and former soldiers charging the Pentagon grossly neglects the issue.