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Hundreds of soldiers returning from Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
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Nearly 700 Fort Campbell soldiers are scheduled to return to the Army post this week after a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. Fort Campbell says members of the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade will be welcomed back in ceremonies throughout the week.
Tags: Fort Campbell Blvd, Defense Department, Afghanistan, campbell soldiers, Army, airborne division, Marysville, 82nd airborne, Kabul, 82nd Airborne Division, Fayetteville North Carolina, Airborne forces, Cumberland County North Carolina, Fayetteville North Carolina metropolitan area, Fort Bragg, Military of Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Politics, Airborne, 82nd Division, Chrysler, Jeep, Clarksville Tennessee, Fort Campbell, Laredo Texas, Montgomery County Tennessee, Clarksville metropolitan area, Christian County Kentucky, Disaster Accident
Clifford Stanley and Chai Feldblum Senate Hearings: Recaps
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Committee, and Clifford Stanley had a confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee...Said Aubrey Sarvis: "When given the opportunity by Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.) to support his commander in chief’s position to overturn the ban, Dr. Stanley...
Tags: Clifford Stanley, Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Department, Chai Feldblum Senate Hearings, senator armed, Washington, Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Democratic Party, Don't ask don't tell, Homophobia, Military history of the United States, Politics, Social Issues, John McCain, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Presidency of Barack Obama, Conscription in the United States, Selective Service System, International Republican Institute, Republican National Convention, Political positions of Barack Obama, Political positions of John McCain, LGBT rights in the United States
In space race, watch out for China
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility The United States is still ahead in space development, but China has been making impressive progress in expanding its own program -- and it has not gone unnoticed. "I think anyone who's familiar with the space business, and particularly the history, our...
Tags: CNN China, United States, Roger Cliff, U.S. Strategic Command, David Finklestein, Kevin Chilton, Defense Department, Atlanta, Satellite, Anti-satellite weapon, Space Race, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Chinese space program, Space exploration, Remote sensing, Environment
Daily U.S. Casualties
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 11 days ago
Credibility As of Sunday, at least 839 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The latest deaths reported by the military: A soldier died...
Tags: Defense Department, U.S, Afghanistan, Kabul, United States Marines, Coalition casualties in Helmand and Kandahar, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Politics, British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since, Politics of Iraq, Iraq, Iraq War, Al Anbar Governorate, Gulf War, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Fertile Crescent, Occupation of Iraq, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan
GAO report slams Defense: Guam needs more timely buildup data, agency says
Tamuning :: Guam | 13 days ago
Credibility Guam's government needs more timely information from the Defense Department about the planned transfer of 8,000 Marines and their dependents from Japan so it can better plan for the necessary infrastructure buildup and financing, a government report out...
Tags: Guam Transportation Plan, GAO, Bordallo, cost estimate, Defense Department, Guam, Tamuning, Madeleine Bordallo, United States Department of Defense, Outline of Guam, Micronesia, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, Politics
Ask AP: Soldier in Uzbekistan, solar panel safety
Tashkent :: Uzbekistan | 14 days ago
Credibility If you decide to take advantage of those rays by putting solar panels on your roof, is there a chance they could be ripped off in a storm? Curiosity about solar panels and hurricanes inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly...
Tags: solar panels, Afghanistan, Defense Department, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Landlocked countries, War in Afghanistan, Politics, War Conflict
Canada starts Afghan withdrawal planning
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 22 days ago
Credibility The Defense Department confirmed Thursday night that Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk issued instructions to officers to begin logistical planning to get the country's 2,800 troops and all of their equipment out of Afghanistan by 2011,...
Tags: Walter Natynczyk, Canada, Afghanistan, Defense Department
Clinton warns against N. Korea over denuclearization
Seoul :: South Korea | about 1 month ago
Credibility Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that the United States will not ease its sanctions on North Korea unless steps are taken by Pyongyang toward complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. The top U.S. diplomat also said...
Tags: North Korea, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, South Korean, United States, Defense Ministry, Robert Gates, Japan-U.S, nuclear weapon, Defense Department
Roadside bomb kills four Fort Carson soldiers in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility The soldiers killed Thursday in Kandahar province were assigned to patrol routes to find and destroy bombs, according to the Department of Defense...Eight other Fort Carson soldiers were killed in a gun battle to defend two remote mountain outposts near...
Tags: U.S. Afghanistan, soldiers kills, Fort Lewis, Fort Carson, lewis soldiers, Defense Department
Politics › Hatoyama seeks flexibility in realignment talks with U.S.
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday that Japan and the United States should remain flexible in their negotiations over the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan. Commenting on remarks by a senior U.S. defense official who signaled that Washington...
Tags: U.S.-Japan, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, defense secretary, Defense Department, Tokyo, secretary robert
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