US Department of Defense

President Signs Defense Authorization Act

October 30, 2009

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama signed the fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act during a ceremony at the White House Oct....

Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals

October 27, 2009

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s encouraged by unofficial endorsements NATO defense ministers are expressing for...

Gates Calls on South Korea to Expand Security Role

October 23, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea: Lauding progress toward transferring wartime operational control of South Korean troops to their own country in 2012,...

Iraq Drawdown on Track, Policy Chief Says

October 23, 2009

WASHINGTON: Although much work remains to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Pentagon officials told Congress here today...

Strategy Review Will Continue, Gates Says

October 21, 2009

EN ROUTE TO TOKYO: Questions about the legitimacy of Afghanistan’s national elections are a complicating factor, but President Barack Obama’s...

Gates to Press Asia, NATO for More Afghanistan Support

October 21, 2009

HONOLULU: As Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates travels this week to Japan and South Korea before heading to a NATO...

Gates Heads to Asia to Bolster US Alliances

October 21, 2009

EN ROUTE TO TOKYO: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on his way to Japan, where he will discuss a...

Army Enhances Protective Equipment Quality Assurance

October 20, 2009

The Department of the Army announced today that it has established additional quality control measures to further ensure that body...

USS Freedom to Deploy Early

October 15, 2009

WASHINGTON: The Navy announced Oct. 13 the decision to deploy the USS Freedom (LCS 1) in early 2010 to the...

DARPA Works Towards DoD Energy Independence

October 13, 2009

WASHINGTON: Scientists are working to create energy self-sufficiency for the Defense Department, the nation’s largest single consumer of energy, a...