Monat: Dezember 2010

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 — Results achieved by U.S. troops “surged” to Afghanistan begin­ning last sum­mer have been greater than expect­ed, Defense Sec­re­tary Robert M. … 

The Min­is­ter for Vet­er­ans’ Affairs and Defence Sci­ence and Per­son­nel, War­ren Snow­don, today announced that the remains of a pilot that went down 66 years … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 — The Afghanistan and Pak­istan Annu­al Review, released today, offers a nation­al secu­ri­ty staff-led assess­ment of U.S. strat­e­gy in Afghanistan and … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 — Exer­cis­es such as the Invin­ci­ble Spir­it series are help­ing the U.S.-South Kore­an alliance trans­form for the future while send­ing an … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 — Afghan and coali­tion forces killed and detained sev­er­al insur­gents in oper­a­tions today through­out east­ern and south­ern Afghanistan, mil­i­tary offi­cials reported. … 

NAVY Raytheon Co., Tuc­son, Ariz., is being award­ed a $209,027,172 mod­i­fi­ca­tion to a pre­vi­ous­ly award­ed firm-fixed-price con­tract (N00019-09-C-0007) to exer­cise an option for the procurement … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — With Afghan forces lead­ing oper­a­tions in and around the spir­i­tu­al home of the Tal­iban in Afghanistan’s Kan­da­har province, a new … 

The Min­is­ter for Vet­er­ans’ Affairs and Min­is­ter for Defence Sci­ence and Per­son­nel, War­ren Snow­don, today announced a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar research study into the health implications … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — Defense Sec­re­tary Robert M. Gates is pleased with today’s House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives vote to repeal the law that bans gays … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — Defense Sec­re­tary Robert M. Gates today urged Con­gress to approve an omnibus appro­pri­a­tion bill rather than requir­ing the Defense Department … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — A senior Defense Depart­ment offi­cial has been named the next deputy sec­re­tary gen­er­al of NATO. NATO Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al Anders Fogh … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — The num­ber of report­ed sex­u­al harass­ment and assaults at the armed forces’ three ser­vice acad­e­mies is up from last year, … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — Recruit­ment and reten­tion remained high through­out the ser­vices for the first two months of the fis­cal year, with only the … 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2010 — Ter­rain and pop­u­la­tion make the fight against extrem­ists in east­ern Afghanistan dif­fer­ent from the fights in oth­er parts … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — A sus­pi­cious pack­age result­ed in clo­sure of the Pen­ta­gon sta­tion entrance of the Metro rapid-tran­sit sys­tem for more than an … 

ISLAMABAD, Pak­istan, Dec. 15, 2010 — Pak­istan deserves America’s respect and sup­port for its fight against extrem­ists in the coun­try, a defense offi­cial said here … 

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 — Afghan and coali­tion forces killed and detained sev­er­al insur­gents and found a num­ber of weapons stock­piles in south­ern Afghanistan today, …