AP – A gunman killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head Saturday inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and NATO ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Quran at a U.S. army base. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The number of U.S. ground forces would drop to levels not seen since 1940, the Navy would drop to the smallest number of ships since 1915 and the Air Force would be the smallest ever, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in warning Congress of the dire implications of deeper defense cuts. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday America must not economize on security but rather strengthen national defense by rebuilding the Navy and Air Force and adding 100,000 active duty personnel. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Iraq’s president has called a meeting to decide whether US troops should stay beyond a year-end deadline, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday, adding there could be consensus to keep a small number of trainers. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Sean Sala felt so elated when Congress approved repealing the military’s ban on openly gay troops the 26-year-old sailor went on TV and revealed his sexual orientation publicly in what he calls his “Rosa Parks moment.” Read the rest of this entry »
Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop grassroots organization, will broadcast Troopathon IV: Remember their Sacrifice on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Troopathon will be held at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA, from 1 – 9 p.m. Pacific Time. If you’re in the area, you’re invited to attend live. Admission is free. For the rest of us, the event will be webcast via live streaming at Troopathon.org.
AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he hopes Iraqi leaders will ask US troops to stay in their country beyond a year-end deadline but acknowledged the United States was unpopular there. Read the rest of this entry »