Budget Cuts Are a Good Pretext for Reforming Military Policy
Germany has joined many of its NATO allies in drastically cutting its military budget, and even the US is now ...
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Former British Army Chief Blasts Blair, Brown for Inadequate War Funding
LONDON: The former head of the British army has strongly criticized former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for ...
US looks to Iraq strategy for Afghanistan
Kabul: With the withdrawal of the final American combat brigade from Iraq, US commanders in Afghanistan are hoping to emulate ...
US Mission In Iraq Officially Changes Sept. 1
WASHINGTON: A fundamental shift will take place at the end of the month in the mission of U.S. forces in ...
India’s Maoist Rebels Offer Ceasefire, Talks
In India, Maoist guerrillas say they are prepared for a three month ceasefire and a dialogue with the government. But ...
Gates, Petraeus differ on flexibility of Afghan exit
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted Monday the July 2011 date to start withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan was ...
Lebanese troops, Israeli officer killed in border clash
ADAYSSEH, Lebanon: Lebanese and Israeli troops traded deadly fire on their tense border in the worst clash since the 2006 ...
US 2011 drawdown in Afghanistan will be ‘limited’: Gates
WASHINGTON: Amid growing clamor against the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned Sunday that large numbers of US ...
Congress Approves Supplemental War-Funding Bill
WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved passage of the Defense Department’s supplemental war-funding bill, most of which will ...
HUD and VA launch program to prevent veteran homelessness
WASHINGTON: In an effort to prevent homelessness among veterans, primarily those returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the ...
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