Posts Tagged ‘press’
Pentagon denies sub test-fired Trident missile
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department denied Wednesday that the United States test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads during a joint military exercise with Saudi Arabia. A Western military official in Saudi Arabia, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said a [...]
Rapid Fire: 2010-04-01
EADS Defense and Security unit has war chest to expand abroad, invest in Talarion UAV development. Reuters | Dow Jones President Obama nominates California CIO Takai to head Pentagon’s IT operations. InformationWeek | National Journal | Government Technology | Computer World The Pentagon is mulling sending surveillance UAVs and other [...]
Pakistani officials say U.S. missiles kill 4
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike have killed four people in the country’s northwest. The strike is the latest in an escalating campaign targeting Taliban-linked militants near the Afghan border. Two intelligence officials said the missiles struck two houses Saturday in the village of [...]
Wuterich’s Hadithah trial to go forward
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A military judge in California denied a motion Friday to dismiss charges against a Marine sergeant whose squad, officials say, killed 24 Iraqi men, women and children after a bomb killed a Marine. Lt. Col. David Jones ruled on a defense motion claiming there was unlawful command influence while a general considered a [...]
Commentary: Dignified Transfer Offers Fitting Tribute
An American Forces Press Service writer describes her visit to Dover Air Force Base, Del., where she witnessed a dignified transfer of fallen servicemembers' remains. See original here: Commentary: Dignified Transfer Offers Fitting Tribute
VA investigating medical record breach
ATLANTA — The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General has launched a criminal investigation into a security breach of veterans’ medical information at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a physician assistant stored unauthorized clinical information on her personal [...]
Navy assessment team arrives in Chile
A Navy assessment team arrived Monday in Santiago, Chile, to provide technical expertise following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami Feb. 27, according to a press release from U.S. Southern Command. The Chilean Navy flew the team to Concepcion. The team, headed by Capt. Joe Newbury of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, came from Mayport, [...]
NATO chief: No bribes for Taliban
ISTANBUL — NATO does not intend to bribe Taliban guerrillas to defect to the Afghan government side as a way to end the war, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday, dismissing concerns over the latest plan to end the country’s growing insurgency.Fogh Rasmussen’s comments came amid a renewed push to make peace [...]
Pakistan says 3 U.S. soldiers killed in bombing
ISLAMABAD — Three U.S. soldiers traveling with Pakistan security force members were killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani security officials said.The three were in the region as part of a small, little-publicized U.S. mission to train members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps to better fight al-Qaida [...]
Holbrooke: U.S. to back Taliban reintegration
LONDON — The United States said Wednesday that it will support a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters set to be announced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference in London.U.S. special representative Richard Holbrooke said Karzai will outline the plan Thursday to convince low-level and midlevel Taliban fighters who [...]
