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Military Needs New Strategy for Present, Future Threats
VIRGINIA BEACH: The U.S. military requires a new, grand strategy to address today’s complex security threats as well as tomorrow’s...
Pakistan: troops attack Taliban, half million flee
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani commandos have dropped into a Taliban stronghold in Swat valley , stepping up a punishing offensive against...
Uzbekistan announces air transit for NATO Afghan operations
Tashkent: Uzbekistan has begun shipping non-military supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan through its central cargo airport in the city...
Gates Recommends McChrystal for Top Command in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Citing the need for new thinking and new ideas in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has recommended President...
Budget 2009-10: Defense Savings Initiatives
The Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon today announced further details of the Defence Strategic Reform Program. This program is a...
Mexico’s Narco-Insurgency and US Counterdrug Policy
In late 2007, the U.S. and Mexican governments unveiled the Merida Initiative. A 3-year, $1.4 billion counternarcotics assistance program, the...
US sacks commander in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he had sacked the top commander in Afghanistan to make way for "new...
Taliban ‘on the run’ after Pakistan offensive
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan's military said on Saturday that a full-scale offensive in the northwest has put militants on the back...
Airmen, veterans can now apply for new GI Bill
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: The Department of Veterans Affairs opened its doors for accepting Post-9/11 GI Bill applications May...
US on track to exit Iraqi cities by end June: commander
Washington: US forces are on track to pull out of all Iraqi cities by the end of June in line...
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