Top Daily Stories for September 2010

Sep 10 2010

Report: U.S. must deal with homegrown terrorism

The Washington Times - Fri, 2010-09-10 22:52
The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission.
Sep 10 2010

US 7th Fleet Changes Hands

Navy.mil Top Stories - Fri, 2010-09-10 13:01
The U.S. 7th Fleet held a change of command ceremony on board USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Sept. 10.
Sep 8 2010

Retired General Lobs Bomb at Military Benefits

The Wall Street Journal - WSJ.com - Wed, 2010-09-08 12:39
A retired Marine Corps general who chaired a panel that helped pave the way for a series of cost-cutting measures, said the military has become wedded to "GM-style fringe benefits" such as taxpayer-subsidized grocery chains and low out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
Sep 7 2010

IED detectors near brink in Pentagon budget

The Washington Times - Tue, 2010-09-07 21:25
The Pentagon is eyeing cuts in an office thought to be untouchable: the organization that devises ways to foil the No. 1 killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: improvised explosive devices.
Sep 6 2010

Budget cuts are a good pretext for reforming military policy, say experts

Deutsche Welle - Mon, 2010-09-06 10:52
Germany has joined many of its NATO allies in drastically cutting its military budget, and even the United States is now cautiously considering defense "efficiencies," but is this a response to huge national debts, or a new strategy?
Sep 2 2010

Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound

The Washington Times - Thu, 2010-09-02 10:00
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that the sometimes strained relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.
Sep 1 2010

N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China

Reuters - Wed, 2010-09-01 02:47
North Korea vowed Wednesday to strengthen military ties with China, days after the its leader, Kim Jong-il, finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter.
 
 

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