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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units. Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, director of force management for U.S. Special Operations Command, ...
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Early results in Iran presidential election give reformist-backed Rowhani wide lead TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the ...
Reaction cool to US arms plan for Syrian rebels
The Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that the U.S. has cited evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people. But the international reaction Friday ranged from flat-out disbelief of the U.S. ...
House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted ...
Correction: Military Sexual Assault story
In a story June 12, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was the only Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee who supported a measure to remove commanders from decision-making on whether to prosecute sexual assault cases in the military. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., also ...
Officials: Obama aides split on arming rebels
Despite growing alarm over the Syrian government's military advances, Obama administration officials are split over whether to arm the country's rebel forces or make other military moves that would deepen U.S. involvement in the conflict. President Barack Obama's top national security advisers met at the White House on Wednesday to ...
Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an uncertain future due to vigorous objections from senior Defense Department leaders and key members of Congress who are concerned the proposed changes go too far. The bill crafted ...
Panel rejects request for military base closings
Another round of military base closings has hit a dead end. The Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation rejecting the Defense Department's request to shutter installations and facilities in the United States that are no longer needed as the military branches cut the number of troops in ...
Hagel: Budget forces review of outside contracts
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Pentagon is reviewing all private contractors as the department deals with budget cuts and the lucrative payment to an NSA leaker casts a spotlight on the outside work. Hagel said on Tuesday that the department has no choice as it faces a cut in ...
UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria
President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more forceful U.S. action in the Syrian civil war has been crossed with solid evidence of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime. Mindful of America's ...
US to deploy Patriots, F-16s to Jordan
The U.S. will send anti-missile batteries and fighter jets to Jordan at the kingdom's request to boost defense capabilities in the face of an attack from neighboring Syria, Jordanian officials said Wednesday. The equipment is being sent to Jordan as part of preparations for an annual joint military exercise, but ...
US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nations" in regions of Afghanistan after NATO transitions into a noncombat mission there after 2014, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. The Pentagon chief was speaking after the Atlantic alliance laid out a new plan shifting into a training ...
Hagel, NATO ministers talk Syria chemical weapons
New reports that the French confirmed the use of sarin gas in Syria triggered discussions here on the sidelines of the meeting of NATO defense ministers, but the alliance is still refusing to make any contingency plans for operations in the embattled country. Unwilling to get drawn collectively in to ...
Senators blast military response to sex assaults
U.S. senators dressed down senior military leaders Tuesday, led by female lawmakers, combat veterans and former prosecutors who insisted that sexual assault in the ranks has cost the services the trust and respect of the American people as well as the nation's men and women in uniform. Summoned to Capitol ...
NATO to discuss post-2014 Afghan war details
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said it will likely be the fall before he is ready to recommend how many troops the U.S. and its allies should keep in Afghanistan after combat troops leave in 2014 and what exactly their missions will be. But Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford told ...
House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by barring the administration from transferring its terror suspects to the United States or a foreign country such as Yemen. The provisions dealing with the fate of the remaining 166 ...
Military seeks to temper military justice overhaul
The military's top uniformed leaders will seek to temper calls for a drastic overhaul of the military justice system as Congress demands fast answers to the growing epidemic of sexual assaults within the armed forces. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the four-star officers ...
Cybersecurity tops Obama's agenda for China talks
President Barack Obama will be looking for signs from China's leader at their upcoming meeting that Beijing is ready to address its reported high-tech spying, which the White House sees as a top threat to the U.S. economy and national security. The talks between Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
NATO to discuss Libya training, Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other NATO defense ministers plan to take up the issue of training Libyan security forces as that country battles insurgents flowing into the south from Mali. Senior U.S. defense officials said Monday that the discussions are in the early stages, and come on the heels ...
Hagel mixes business and memories in Asia trip
Forty-five years ago, as the Vietnam war raged on, Army Spc. Chuck Hagel and Nguyen Tan Dung were on opposite sides of combat serving in the Mekong Delta — both wounded more than once as they battled for their countries. This weekend the two men — now America's defense secretary ...
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