Chinese vice president meets Panetta
September 19th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who has appeared in public after a fortnight's disappearance, Wednesday met US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta here.Xi reviewed his visit ... Read more...
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Chinese, US defence chiefs hold talks
September 18th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie Tuesday held talks with visiting US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta who said the key to healthy Sino-US relations is "to ... Read more...
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US, Sri Lanka call for stronger defence ties
August 15th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) The time has come for Sri Lanka and the US to build military relations on a stronger footing.This was the outcome of a meeting here Monday ... Read more...
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Israel on alert for Syrian weapons
July 19th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israel is concerned that the Lebanese Hezbollah movement will try to get hold of Syrian army arsenal, including missiles and chemical weapons, Defence Minister Ehud ... Read more...
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Indian American appointed to key Pentagon post
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 2 (IANS) Indian American Vikram J. Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to take care of South and Southeast Asia, it was announced here.Secretary of ... Read more...
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No silver bullet to destroy Al Qaeda: Panetta
April 28th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 28 (IANS) Even though America was now safer following the death of Osama bin Laden, there was no proverbial "silver bullet" to destroy the Al Qaeda terror network, ... Read more...
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Nuclear-armed Iran unacceptable: Pentagon
April 6th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, the US Department of Defense has said."Our assessment of the programme remains the same... We are ... Read more...
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Senior Pentagon official quits
October 28th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) A senior Pentagon official has resigned amid accusations of incompetence and abuse of power, the Pentagon announced Thursday.Clifford Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, ... Read more...
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US military chaplains free to perform same-sex marriages
October 1st, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS/EFE) US military chaplains are authorised to perform same-sex marriages in jurisdictions that recognise such unions, the Pentagon said Friday.The new guidance took effect Sep 20, when ... Read more...
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Hold talks with the Taliban, says Pakistani daily
September 28th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) The solution to the current US-Pakistan stalemate is to bring the Taliban and "therefore the Haqqanis" to the table for talks, said a Pakistani daily ... Read more...
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Gilani, Zardari discuss security situation
September 28th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the current political and security situation in the country amid strained US-Pakistan ties ... Read more...
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US, Pakistan ties have hit new low: Daily
September 27th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) The US-Pakistan ties have plunged to a new low following an accusation that ISI supported the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, said a Pakistani daily Tuesday.The News International ... Read more...
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US sends armymen to Libya to reopen embassy
September 21st, 2011 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said the Pentagon was sending military personnel to Libya to help reopen the American embassy there.In a Pentagon briefing, ... Read more...
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Obama pays tribute to fallen seals
August 9th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the US Special Navy Seals who were killed in a recent Taliban attack in Afghanistan. The attack took place ... Read more...
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Rumsfeld: Death of Bin Laden a victory in the fight against Islamist terrorism
May 4th, 2011 - 4:22 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has hailed the U.S. operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday as an 'important victory in the fight ... Read more...
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Panetta set to be US Defense Secretary, Petraeus to be CIA chief
April 27th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): As part of a reshuffling of President Obama's Afghanistan war team, current CIA chief Leon Panetta will be named Secretary of Defense to replace outgoing secretary Robert ... Read more...
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Gaddafi planting bodies at sites of coalition air strike in Libya: Gates
March 27th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 27(ANI): U.S. intelligence reports suggest that Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi's forces are planting dead bodies of civilians at sites attacked by coalition forces, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s fall might allow al-Qaeda affiliates take over southern Libya: Analysts
March 26th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): The fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi might see the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic terrorist groups filling up the void, US analysts have said.Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ... Read more...
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U.S. President Obama briefed on military operations in Libya
March 20th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and other senior U.S. officials were briefed about ongoing military operations in Libya on Sunday, the White House said.The White House said Obama ... Read more...
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Clinton not to be Secretary of State under re-elected Obama
March 17th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.17 (ANI): Hilary Clinton has said she would not keep her job as US Secretary of State if President Barack Obama is re-elected in 2012.Clinton, who is currently in Cairo, ... Read more...
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Saddam placed $60m bounty on Rumsfeld’s daughters’ heads as revenge for sons’ killings
February 9th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has revealed that he had faced an awkward" moment in a 2003 National Security meeting when he was informed that Saddam ... Read more...
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Hillary Clinton wants to have more ’spare time’
January 20th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.20 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she plans to stay right where she is until the end of President Barack Obama's first term, but would love ... Read more...
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Welcomes “DADT” Repeal, Senator John McCain Criticizes
December 19th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by GD
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Dec 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) While on one hand America is rejoicing over the "DADT" repeal, senator John McCain strongly criticized the movement. As the Senate voted against the military ban, ... Read more...
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Chinese Army deputy chief calls for ’strengthening cooperation’ with US
November 19th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 19(ANI): Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), General Ma Xiaotian, and Charles Freeman, a China specialist at Washington's Center for Strategic and International ... Read more...
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Now, a video game that has JFK, Castro fighting Nazi zombies!
November 1st, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 01 (ANI): Leaked scenes from upcoming video game 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' have shown former presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Kennedy's Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and ... Read more...
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U.S. announces $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
October 21st, 2010 - 1:06 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday notified the U.S. Congress that it intends to sell around $60 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.The sale is allegedly ... Read more...
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Pentagon says global cyber war is just beginning
October 6th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct. 6 (ANI): The Pentagon and its NATO allies are looking at how to improve their defenses against a cyber war, but the basic question of how to define a cyber ... Read more...
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Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers over Afghan exit plan
September 22nd, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.22 (ANI): A new book by well known journalist Bob Woodward has revealed that President Barack Obama repeatedly pressed his top military advisers to give him an exit plan for ... Read more...
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US expert says elections make defense spending cuts more difficult
September 5th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 5 (ANI): An expert at UAB's Department of Sociology and Social Work, Casey Borch, has said that elections make defense spending cuts more difficult.Borch's conclusions are reportedly based on ... Read more...
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U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, Journeys To Iraq As The Combat Assignment Of America Concludes
September 1st, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 1, 2010 (Just Flashed): The Defense Secretary of America happens to be Robert Gates. Therefore, he is also the boss of the Pentagon. Gates happens to be the fourteenth Cabinet ... Read more...
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Petraeus promises to review ‘Rules of Engagement’ in Afghanistan
July 9th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): General David H. Petraeus has told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he will take a hard look and review the "Rules of Engagement" in Afghanistan.The Rules of ... Read more...
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White House gatecrashing couple release new controversial tape
June 17th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 17 (ANI): The couple that gatecrashed in to White House has hit the headlines again after releasing videotape showing them cozying up with Michele Jones.Tareq and Michaele Salahi create ... Read more...
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President Obama nominates Lt. General James Clapper as US intelligence chief
June 5th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – President Barack Obama on Saturday announced his decision to nominate Lt. General James Clapper to be the new Director of National Intelligence.Obama made the announcement during a ... Read more...
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Defense Secretary Gates seeks trainers for Afghan forces
June 5th, 2010 - 2:38 am ICT by BNO News
SINGAPORE (BNO NEWS) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked five Asian partners to provide trainers for working with Afghan security forces, the American Forces Press service said on Friday."Clearly, a critical element ... Read more...
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U.S. arms sales to Taiwan biggest obstacle to China-U.S. military ties
May 25th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain the biggest obstacle to China-U.S. military ties, Xinhua quoted a senior Chinese military official, as saying on Tuesday.Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief ... Read more...
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