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    US company accused of exporting military tech (AP)
    AP - A U.S. company is accused of illegally exporting defense technology used by the U.S. military to South Korea, China, Russia and Turkey, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:39:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    American imam urges jihad on U.S., tape suggests (Reuters)
    Reuters - A U.S.-born radical cleric linked to shootings at a U.S. army base and the failed bombing of a U.S. plane appeared to urge Muslims to conduct a jihad against the United States in an audiotape heard on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:27:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Retired US general links Srebrenica fall to gays in Dutch army (AFP)

    Retired US General John Sheehan listens during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC on Thursday. Sheehan on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - A retired US general on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.


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    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:58:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Kyrgyzstan unveils US military training base plan (AP)
    AP - Officials in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan say the United States plans to build a $5 million military base for training local troops to assist in the fight against international terrorism. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:18:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Colo. company accused of exporting military tech (AP)
    AP - A Colorado company is accused of illegally exporting defense technology used by the U.S. military to South Korea, China, Russia and Turkey, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:02:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    US says base needed to defend Japan (AFP)

    Handout file photo issued by Ginowan city shows the rooftop of the city hall displaying a controversial slogan reading AFP - The United States has said that it needs to maintain a base on the Japanese island of Okinawa to defend the region, as the new government in Tokyo considers scrapping a previous plan.


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    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    US might bolster force in northern Iraq: general (AFP)

    US Army Gen. David Petraeus (R), commander of the US Central Command and US Navy Adm. Eric Olson, commander of the US Special Operations Command testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US military may set up an additional headquarters in northern Iraq even after Washington scales back its forces by a September deadline, Petraeus said.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - The US military may set up an additional headquarters in northern Iraq even after Washington scales back its forces by a September deadline, a top US general said on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:28:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Sexual assault reports rise in US military: Pentagon report (AFP)

    Undated file photo released by the US Department of Defense showing an aerial view of The Pentagon. The number of reports of sexual assault in the US military rose by 11 percent in 2009, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.(AFP/DoD-HO/File)AFP - The number of reports of sexual assault in the US military rose by 11 percent in 2009, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:03:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    US envoy cancels Japan stop (AFP)

    US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, seen here in February 2010, has canceled talks in Japan on a row over a military base due to scheduling problems, the State Department said Monday.(AFP/POOL/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - A senior US envoy has canceled talks in Japan on a row over a military base due to scheduling problems, the State Department said Monday.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:08:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Petraeus: 'Time has come' to rethink gay policy (AP)

    Isaiah Phelps-Roper, a member of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, protests outside the Holy Ghost Church during the funeral service of a Marine killed in Iraq. The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the vitriolic, religious anti-gay protesters who picket the funerals of US soldiers are protected by free speech laws.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AP - The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:56:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    U.S. might boost Iraq force structure during drawdown (Reuters)

    A U.S. soldier stands guard as others take up position during a weapons-search operation in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - The United States may leave a stronger-than-expected force structure in northern Iraq if the situation requires, even as it reduces troops to targeted levels, a top U.S. general said on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    France, Germany unhappy over U.S. tanker deal (Reuters)
    Reuters - The leaders of France and Germany said they would consult their EU partners over concerns that protectionism is at play in a big U.S. military tanker deal that looks set to go to Boeing. -- read full article
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:56:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    US hands over Taji detention facility to Iraqi control (AFP)

    Warning signs are hung on a security fence in the Taji prison, north of Baghdad. The US military handed over Camp Taji to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US military handed over one of its two remaining detention facilities to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.


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    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:28:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Pentagon eyes contractor ties to hunt for militants (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Pentagon said on Monday it was looking into "serious allegations" about a U.S. Defense Department official accused of setting up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:45:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
    Boeing CEO's 2009 compensation fell to $13.7M (AP)
    AP - Boeing Co. chief executive Jim McNerney's compensation fell 7.2 percent last year after the commercial airplane maker and defense contractor posted a smaller profit than its board had been looking for. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:57:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
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