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Joint Exercises Key to South Korean Defense

Army Gen. William Skip Sharp, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, talks with reporters about the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises under way to train U.S. and Republic of Korea forces to defend South Korea against aggression. DoD photo by Donna Miles

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Source; US Dept of Defense

SEOUL, South Korea, March 11, 2010 – Military exercises under way are refining command and control capabilities that will be critical for the U.S. and South Korean militaries to defend against [...]

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal

They flew non-combat missions, but 38 were killed in service

Associated Press
updated 55 minutes ago
Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON – A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medalon Wednesday.

Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, [...]

Gates says 'decisive phase' of war looms in Kandahar

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Frontenac in Kandahar March 9, 2010.  REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool

Tue Mar 9, 2010 7:44pm GMT

By Phil Stewart

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan, March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a “decisive phase” in the [...]

5 killed in U.S. drone attack in Pakistan

Target was house in North Waziristan, officials say

NBC News and news services
updated 57 minutes ago
Source: MSNBC

MIR ALI, Pakistan – A U.S. drone fired two to three missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, killing at [...]

The Rise Of a New Russia: The ‘Architect’? Putin!

Vladimir Putin

February 10, 2010
Dr. Robin McFee
Source: Family Security Matters

Whoever said life happens when you aren’t paying attention was absolutely correct. Consider the rise of Russia. While the U.S. is mired in numerous domestic and global challenges, our friends in Moscow, most [...]

Turkey Criticizes House Committee Vote on Armenian Killings

Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu says describing the 1915 Armenian killings as genocide is an insult to Turkey’s 'honour'. Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images

Strategic partnership at risk despite Barack Obama’s attempts to stop Congress resolution.

Robert Tait in Istanbul and Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 March 2010 21.34 GMT

Turkey has threatened to downgrade its strategic relationship with the US amid nationalist anger over [...]

Hillary Clinton's dubious position over the Falklands

Hillary Clinton and David Miliband 'joke around' at NATO (Photo: AP)

By Nile Gardiner
Last updated: March 2nd, 2010
Source: Telegraph

The transcript of Hillary Clinton’s press conference in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Kristina Kirchner last night, has just been released by the State Department, and it is a real eye-opener. Her remarks [...]

Poland vows to deploy U.S. Patriot missiles in early April

28/02/2010
Source; RIA Novosti

Poland will deploy first U.S. Patriot missiles on its soil beginning in early April, a spokesman for the Polish Defense Ministry said.

“A first group of U.S. troops will be also dispatched along with the [Patriot] missiles at the [...]

U.S. indicts Colombian drug kingpins' relatives

MIAMI
Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:27pm EST

MIAMI (Reuters) – Authorities indicted six associates of Colombia’s Cali drug cartel on Thursday on charges they failed to disclose the assets of two jailed kingpins as set out in a sentencing agreement.

The Department of [...]

U.S. death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000 troops

23/02/2010
Source: RIA Novosti

The number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since military operations began in 2001 has reached 1,000, the icasualties.org web site reported on Tuesday.

The independent site tracks losses suffered by international military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. [...]

US Commander Makes Televised Apology for Afghan Deaths in NATO Strike

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McChrystal calls incident a ‘tragic loss of innocent lives’ in translated address to Afghan people

VOA [...]

Petraeus: Marjah Just the Start of Afghan Campaign

General David Petraeus

21 February 2010
Paula Wolfson | Washington
Source: VOA News

The U.S. general who oversees the war in Afghanistan says the fight for the southern town of Marjah is just the first operation in a long campaign.

Petraeus says the battle [...]

Taliban put up stiff resistance to U.S.-led offensive in Afghanistan

February 20, 2010 — Updated 1551 GMT (2351 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Squads of 10-14 militants engage U.S. and Afghan forces in firefights
U.S. Marines set up forward base to send signal to local civilians
NATO troops kill unarmed civilian mistaken for militant
Troops trying to [...]

ObamaCare Vs. Defense

This nation is face-to-face with disarmament by entitlement.

By Robert S. Dudney
Editor in Chief
Source: Air Force – Magazine.com

On the morning of Jan. 19, the American national debt stood at $12,276,477,277,649.25, according to the US Treasury. Call it $12 trillion, close to [...]

New name for Iraq war: Operation New Dawn

Say goodbye to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff report
Posted : Thursday Feb 18, 2010 20:25:49 EST

Effective Sept. 1, the war in Iraq will acquire a new official moniker: “Operation New Dawn.”

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the move Wednesday in a memo to [...]

US Deputy Defense Secretary Visits Australia’s ‘Shipyard of Future’

U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich, left, and Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III, center, tour Techport, one of the most modern shipbuilding plants in the world, with South Australia Premier Mike Rann in Adelaide, Australia, Feb. 15, 2010. DoD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
Source: US Dept of Defense

ADELAIDE, Australia, Feb. 15, 2010 – Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III observed the opening of the heart of one of the most modern shipbuilding plants in the world here [...]

Major offensive launched in south Afghanistan

Published 13 February, 2010, 14:20
Edited 15 February, 2010, 04:4
Source: Russia Today

NATO troops led by the US have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan. This is the largest military assault since the Taliban was toppled in the 2001 invasion.

More than [...]

Space: The Final Frontier of Profit?

WSJ Photo illustration, photos: NASA, Getty Images (bill)

A debate on the pros and cons of commercializing the cosmos; valuing asteroids at $20 trillion each. Taylor Dinerman makes a case against private space.

FEBRUARY 13, 2010
Source: The Wall Street Journal
By TAYLOR DINERMAN

President Barack Obama’s proposed plan for NASA bets [...]

Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source

A Hai Lung diesel-electric submarine (SS-793) emerges from the sea during a naval demonstration off the waters of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan January 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Nicky Loh

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. [...]

BAE Settles Corruption Charges with U.K., U.S.

By ANDREW CHUTER, LONDON
Published: 5 Feb 2010 12:46

BAE Systems has reached settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice over an investigation into its activities in Saudi Arabia and Britain’s Serious Fraud Office over a corruption inquiry into the sale of [...]