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U.S. calls for lasting military dialogue with China
Beijing :: China | about 1 month ago
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China's military after years of "on-again, off-again" talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday. The 75-minute meeting between Gates and Xu Caihou, vice chairman...
Tags: U.S.-China, Robert Gates, Xu Caihou, Pentagon press, secretary robert, Pakistan, Chinese, general xu, Defense, defense secretary
Pentagon fires back over choppers
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Pentagon fired back at a New York congressman Friday, arguing that a cost estimate Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D) used for a new effort to build a presidential helicopter doesn't “comport with reality.” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), President Barack Obama's...
Tags: Pentagon Press, presidential helicopter, Geoff Morrell, helicopter program, U.S
Petraeus urges linking anti-terror efforts
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility David Petraeus said "a whole-of-governments approach" is needed in the fight against terrorism around the world...Central Command, spoke Wednesday at a National Press Club conference addressing counterinsurgency and said the overall effort against "transnational...
Tags: Afghanistan, Pentagon press, Washington, U.S. Central Command, General Stanley McChrystal, Kabul
Lawmakers continue pushing for Raptors
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The fight over the Air Force’s premier fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, is zooming toward a showdown. On Wednesday, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) announced he was postponing a vote on a measure that would have stripped $1.75 billion from the defense authorization...
Tags: Pentagon Press, war zone, Geoff Morrell, Robert Gates, House Appropriations Defense, press secretary, Afghanistan, Iraq, ban smokes, zone smokes
Pentagon chief orders plan to shut down Guantanamo
San Juan :: Argentina | 11 months ago
Credibility Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has ordered his staff to prepare a plan to shut down the prison at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Thursday. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Gates' instructions are based on President-elect...
Tags: guantanamo, gates, plan, ordered, Pentagon press, Guantanamo Bay, Barack Obama, Robert Gates
NATO allies meet in N.S. on worsening Afghan violence, increase in troops
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Defence ministers with troops in southern Afghanistan meet in a tranquil Nova Scotia village Thursday and Friday, eager to hear how fresh brigades of U.S. soldiers may help contain rising militant violence. Defence Minister Peter MacKay says details of...
Tags: pentagon, Afghanistan, Pentagon press, defence ministers
Gates endorses big expansion of Afghan army
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Associated Press Writer Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed an Afghanistan government proposal to increase the size of the Afghan army by more than 50,000 troops...Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Thursday officials are currently looking...
Tags: Afghanistan National Army, afghans army, Pentagon press, Robert Gates, Geoff Morrell, secretary robert, defense secretary, press secretary, Associated Press Writer Defense, U.S
United Press International: Pentagon says shock reports exaggerated
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 year ago
Credibility A military official said Tuesday reports of shoddy electrical work at U.S. facilities in Iraq that has resulted in U.S. servicemen being killed are exaggerated. "We certainly understand and appreciate Congress's concern for the well-being of service members...
Tags: Iraq, KBR Inc., U.S, Pentagon Press
US: No Russian missiles expected for Iran this year
Tehrān :: Iran | about 1 year ago
Credibility Iran is not expected to receive an advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft system this year, the Pentagon said on Friday, an assessment at odds with a view expressed by Israeli officials earlier this week. Experts say that if Tehran acquires and operates...
Tags: Iran, Israeli Intelligence, Pentagon press, Pentagon Disagrees
Pentagon says Afghanistan needs troops
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pentagon planners are recommending dispatching hundreds of support troops to Afghanistan before bad weather hinders fighting in the fall. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said officials were studying ways to speed more forces to Afghanistan. Those...
Tags: Afghanistan Soon, Pentagon press, Geoff Morrell, Bush, U.S, press secretary, Iraq, combat brigade, troop surge, ordnance disposal
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