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Pakistan says Defense Secretary's allegations it allows militants to use its territory to stage attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan were "misplaced and unhelpful."
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the United States does not intend to establish a permanent Asia-Pacific presence even though the new U.S. military strategy focuses attention on the region.
The Indian navy's aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (ex-Russian Admiral Gorshkov) will depart for the White Sea on Friday to start sea trials, according to a Sevmash shipyard spokesman.
The May 23 fire that gutted the fore end of the attack submarine Miami started in a vacuum cleaner used by drydock workers to clean worksites and stored in an unoccupied space, the Navy said Wednesday.
The United States and India must overcome deep differences with Pakistan to bolster peace and security in South Asia, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told India.