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08 17th, 2010|
Jul
30
AFP - US military authorities lost track or mishandled remains at thousands of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, where many national heroes are buried, a Senate report revealed Thursday.
Jul
23
AFP - The US Senate has rejected emergency funding for military operations in Afghanistan, sending it back to the House of Representatives because it included billions in non-military spending.
Jun
15
AFP - Top US General David Petraeus passed out briefly on Tuesday at a televised Senate hearing on Afghanistan, before quickly recovering and walking out under his own power.
May
27
AFP - A key Senate panel seemed poised to vote Thursday to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the US military but let the Pentagon decide how to do so after reviewing the repeal’s possible impact.
May
25
AP - Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican considered a critical vote on the issue, says she will support legislation that would repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Apr
20
AP - In a rare public dispute between a Democratic-led Congress and the White House, a Senate committee on Monday subpoenaed the Obama administration for secret documents and access to witnesses in last year’s mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
Apr
6
AFP - The US Senate Armed Services Committee will question top US military and diplomatic officials at an April 14 hearing on policy towards Iran and its suspect nuclear program, the panel said Tuesday.
Dec
23
AFP - The US Congress on Saturday sent US President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill that funds current operations in Afghanistan and pays for the troop withdrawal from Iraq.