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TOKYO – Japan has no intention to go it alone in defending its territory or national interests from growing threats in the Asia-Pacific region. But an annual defense review released Tuesday and other recent developments signal …
It looks like everything is aligned for Rick Perry to be the Republican nominee for president in 2016
BattlelandMissile Defense
Existing research suggests that hurricanes could become stronger but less frequent thanks to climate change. But a new study says both could happen.
“Over the last 10 years, when resources have been relatively unconstrained, there's been a lot of things grow up out there, sometimes at individual posts, camps and stations, and sometimes across the institution, that have to be either dialed back, potentially, or eliminated, potentially.”
Critics argue that the fee is too high, discouraging green card-holders from becoming full-fledged citizens
BattlelandAfghanistan
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports, in a just-released audit, that many State Department grants to help rebuild Afghanistan have gone unaudited:
According to State Department records, between
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A leaked Pakistani report on the May 1, 2001 U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound provides a first-hand view into the dysfunctions of a Pakistani government that both managed to play host to the world’s most wanted man — and …
BattlelandAfghanistan
President Obama is considering pulling all 63,000 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan out by next summer, according to a story in Tuesday’s New York Times.
Apparently, President Obama is piqued over being dissed by Afghan …
High-frequency trading firms compete for a mere two-second advantage
U.S. troops patrol through 200-year-old ruins in Mohammadabad, Helmand province, June 24.
Putting off a minor provision could have a ripple effect on the Affordable Care Act
BattlelandMilitary Medicine
As the U.S. military prepares to send women into the toughest combat billets for the first time, Pentagon medical officers have just released data showing that while “battle injuries” were the leading reason male troops were …
