Reuters – The nominee to become the top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday it would be “extraordinarily difficult and very high risk” to cut $800 billion from defense spending as part of efforts to reduce the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The nominee to become the top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday it would be “extraordinarily difficult and very high risk” to cut $800 billion from defense spending as part of efforts to reduce the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Actor Aly Sobhy’s trial in an Egyptian military court lasted just 20 minutes, hours after he was detained in March with more than 160 other protesters in central Cairo. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a March 2012 court martial date for a U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The U.S. military has essentially the same size, force structure and capabilities as it did a decade ago but costs 35 percent more, an independent public policy think tank said on Monday in an analysis of the 2012 defense budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island’s biggest power station, police said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Venezuela’s convalescing President Hugo Chavez showed he was still boss on Thursday with an upbeat visit to a military base but said cancer surgery was forcing him to slow a famously punishing style of leadership. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Announcing a change of protocol, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would write condolence letters to families of military personnel who take their own lives in combat zones. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base will face a court-martial where he could be sentenced to death, a military official ruled on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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