Pentagon Study Proposes Overhaul of Defense Base Act to Cover Care for Injured Contractors

ProPublica 2 months ago Region: United States

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress could save as much as $250 million a year through a sweeping overhaul of the controversial U.S. system to care for civilian contractors injured in war zones, according to a new Pentagon st... more

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Pentagon lashes out at Indian media reports on Pakistani nukes

Imran Shah 3 months ago Region: Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The spokesman to U.S. Defense Ministry lashed out at Indian media reports on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and said that Pakistani nukes are in safe hands.   He also added in a press statement that Pa... more

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Pentagon's Changes - Who do they affect?

Chris Leahy 7 months ago Region: Virginia

Changes at the Pentagon benefit many companies and individual people.  Apart from the obvious fact that positive changes in the Pentagon help save soldier and civilian lives in the long term, the Pentagon’s chan... more

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US Combat in Iraq to End by August 2010: Obama

Imran Shah 8 months ago Region: United States

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – US will pull its troops from Iraq by the August 31, 2010, a senior official said.   The US President, Barrack Obama is going to fulfill the defining promise of his campaign, saying all US ... more

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Americans Play Down "Afghan Guantanamo" Fears

IWPR a year ago Region: Afghanistan

US military rejects accusations that it is building a local replacement for Guantanamo Bay, but Afghans are angered at plans for the new prison. By Hafizullah Gardesh and Jean MacKenzie in Kabul An American military spok... more

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Falling U.S. Spy Satellite Not a Clean Intersection

Michael Krebs a year ago Region: United States

In the classic word problem from elementary school – an object traveling at a given speed and in a given direction and intersected by another object traveling in rival space-time – the answers are found in the ... more

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Pentagon ABC: Divide and Rule

Mohan Nepali a year ago Region: United States

A united power is difficult to cope with. The divide-and-rule manta has been used not only within a country but also in international politics. Although it has become a basic formula for ruling classes all over the world t... more

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India to get Harpoon missiles worth USD 170 million

Jagan T a year ago Region: India

The Pentagon has announced the sale of Harpoon missiles to India along with associated equipment and services for a total value of about USD 170 million. The 84L Harpoon Block II missiles are designed primarily as satellit... more

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Levin: 'Rumsfeld Created And Unleashed A Plague'

Can Tran a year ago Region: United States

On Tuesday, June 17, the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services had a hearing in regards to torture and harsh interrogation techniques. It has been revealed that late 2002, some methods of interrogation have been... more

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Pentagon Report Shows Suicide Rates Amongst Army Troops Is At A New High

Can Tran a year ago Region: United States

On Thursday, May 29, an official with the United States Army released the following report: back in 2007, there were at least 115 reported suicides amongst active Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve. It was a slight inc... more

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