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Afghanistan May Become Failed State As Insurgency Spreads
Agence France-Presse, London: Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state if NATO troops do not defeat the Taliban, boosting Islamist extremism...
Gates Calls on Congress to Pass Fiscal 2008 Emergency Request
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called on Congress today during a news conference announcing the...
Bush Delivers $515.4 Billion Defense Budget Request to Congress
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: A 3.4 percent military pay raise, a 2.9 percent civilian raise, money to continue to...
Global arms firms make a beeline for India's largest arms fair
Agence France-Presse, New Delhi: A race for Indian military contracts worth billions of dollars will heat up this month when...
Fiscal Year 2009 Department Of Defense Budget Released
US Department of Defense, President George W. Bush today sent to Congress his Defense budget for Fiscal Year 2009. The...
Tank battles in Chad capital
Agence France-Presse, NDJAMENA (AFP): Tank battles in the streets and helicopter air strikes rocked the Chad capital Sunday as President...
Israelis told to prepare 'rocket rooms' for war
Agence France-Presse, Jerusalem: Retired senior officers told Israelis on Saturday to prepare "rocket rooms" as protection against a rain of...
Commission Recommends Sweeping Change for Guard, Reserves
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: A Congressional commission today recommended sweeping changes to the way U.S. military reserve forces have...
Defense Department Seeks $70 Billion for Terror War
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: President Bush is asking Congress to approve $70 billion as partial payment for global war...
Afghanistan may plunge into 'failed state,' experts warn
Agence France-Presse, WASHINGTON: Insurgency-wracked Afghanistan will become a failed state if urgent steps are not taken to tackle a deteriorating...
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