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Robert Gates

Atheist Soldier to Leave Army

TOPEKA, Kan. - An atheist Soldier who accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Defense Department of violating his religious freedom dropped the lawsuit Friday, citing his plans to leave the Army next spring. But the...

History Of Outreach To Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that if the Iranian government complies with UN Security Council demands and suspends its uranium-enrichment related activities – activities that can be used to produce nuclear...

Pakistan rips U.S. attacks

U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest region near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's foreign ministry said Friday.

Immunity remains sticking point in US-Iraq pact

Washington has made "huge concessions" in a controversial military pact still under negotiation, but immunity issues remain a problem, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Friday. Among sticking points is a demand that...

PART I: Detention Has a Wide, Destructive Impact in Iraq

Part I Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US military reports it has captured about 200,000 Iraqis, with some 96,000 of these being held at one time or another in US prisons in Iraq. This information, which we believe is the...

Nato troops can attack Afghan drug barons

Nato defence ministers today authorised their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (€74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. The United States had been...

New president will face era of shrinking military budgets: analysts (AFP)

AFP - Riding the crest of the longest defense buildup in its history, the US military is heading into a funding crunch that will force wrenching change no matter who is elected president in November, analysts say.

US Army Sees “Phenomenal Misperceptions” about FCS Program

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 8, 2008) -- New Army fighting vehicles promise to transform the nature of war as dramatically as the tank did in the 20th Century, said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli in...

Deal on future of US forces in Iraq near: Gates (AFP)

ON BOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AFP) - Washington and Baghdad are nearing a deal on the future presence of US troops in Iraq next year, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "I am actually reasonably optimistic we will...

NATO Rules Out Supplying Weapons For Georgia

Bos report - Download (MP3) Bos report - Listen (MP3) United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it appears Russian troops are withdrawing from key positions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, nearly two months...