Operational UpdateU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an operational update on the Ramadi area from U.S. Army Col.
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After Spending $1 Trillion On ‘Base’ Non-War Spending, Why Do We Have Nothing To Show For It? (A Commentary)
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 1st, 2010
Operational UpdateU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives an operational update on the Ramadi area from U.S. Army Col.
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Comments OffHillary Clinton The Next Secretary Of Defense?
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 17th, 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton look out over North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette during a tour from the demilitarized zone in South Korea, July 21, 2010. Posted in World News Tags: Cherie, Clintons, Defense Secretary, Demilitarized Zone, Election Year, Foreign Policy Magazine, Future Combat Systems, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Intriguing Possibility, Media Buzz, North Korea, Obama, Observation Point, Ouellette, President George W Bush, Robert Gates, Secretary Of Defense, Secretary Robert, South Korea Comments OffWhy Fix The U.S. Marines When they Are Not Broken? — A Commentary
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 15th, 2010
The Few. The Proud. The New Marines? — Andrea Stone, AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 13) — Declaring “the maritime soul of the Marine Corps” is at stake, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of the seaborne service that since 9/11 has functioned more like a “second land army.”
In a speech in San Francisco, Gates spoke of “anxiety” over the future role of the service after nearly a decade of fighting on land in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Posted in World News Tags: Afghanistan, Andrea Stone, Anxiety, Aol News, Bottom Line, Corps Secretary, Decade, Defense Secretary, Future Role, Land Army, Missions, New Marines, Robert Gates, Roots, San Francisco, Secretary Of Defense, Secretary Of Defense Gates, Secretary Robert, Stake, U S Marine Corps, u.s. marines Comments OffPentagon Sees Budget Uncertainties Ahead
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 12th, 2010
From Defense News/AFP:
By promising to drastically slash spending, the Pentagon hopes to convince the U.S. Congress not to reduce its colossal budget.
Posted in World News Tags: Afp, Ahead, Billion Dollars, Budgets, Climate, Closure, Congress, Defense News, Defense Secretary, Economy, Measures, Military Command, Pentagon, Pentagon Budget, Pipeline, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Trillion, u.s. military budget, Uncertainties, Unemployment Comments OffWill There Be A Pension For U.S. Soldiers When They Retire?
Posted by Bookyards on August 9th, 2010
Military Retirement System Broken, Board Says — Stars And StripesNAPLES, Italy — The military retirement system is unsustainable and in dire need of repair, according to an influential Pentagon advisory board.
The Defense Business Board — tasked by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to find ways to reduce the DOD budget — says annual Treasury Department payments into the system will balloon from $47.7 billion this year to $59.3 billion by 2020.
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