AP - President Hugo Chavez is warning Colombia against any U.S. military base near its border with Venezuela, though neither Colombia nor the United States have publicly suggested such a plan. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:06:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AP - A poorly run Pentagon program for providing workman's compensation for civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House committee said Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AFP - The United States is not trying to create incentives to bring Iran to the negotiating table but rather is seeking ways to intensify pressure to force it to change its ways, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Reuters - The United States will respect
Brazil's maritime claims, including offshore oil reserves, and
will use a new naval fleet in Latin America mostly for peaceful
purposes, the U.S. commander for the region said on Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 21:08:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AP - Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward.
AFP - The commander of US Southern Command, Admiral James Stavridis, sought Thursday to reassure Latin American military chiefs that reinstating the US Fourth Fleet in the region posed them no threat.
Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said
on Thursday he wants to see major changes in three areas before
he leaves the Pentagon -- unmanned aircraft, protective gear
for troops and medical care for the wounded.
AP - A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was convicted of a lesser charge Friday during a court martial and sentenced to four years in prison in a case that inflamed public anger at the American military presence on Okinawa. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
