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Moving a mountain of military gear out of Afghanistan will cost billions of dollars and prove far more difficult than last year’s exit from Iraq, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Tuesday.
After years of rejecting the idea, the Pentagon is now considering the creation of a publicly accessible database of military valor awards as a way to deter military fakers.
India has completed infrastructure development work on one of the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Indian Ocean to improve monitoring of the Malacca strait.
Russia dispatched a destroyer to Syria on Tuesday, a source in the Russian navy told Reuters, and another military source was quoted as saying four more Russian ships were en route to the violence-torn country.
A Chinese official called Tuesday for closer defense and economic ties with Australia and warned against what he said was a growing "Cold War mentality" in the United States.
The House of Representatives passed a bill guaranteeing a Dec. 1 cost-of-living adjustment in veterans disability and survivor benefits that will match Social Security increases.
The head of the Cyber Command wants swift action in Congress to sort out roles, standards and authorities for government agencies charged with defending against destructive computer attacks.
The Pentagon appears unmoved by the recent Supreme Court recommendation that a publicly accessible database of valor awards would be a viable way to deter military fakers.