Egypt protesters call for nationwide strike

aljazeera 11-FEB-12

Video: Navy unveils "USS Gabrielle Giffords"

CBSnews 11-FEB-12

US troops pose with Nazi SS flag

smh 11-FEB-12

U.S. visit marks 11th-hour test for China's heir apparent

montrealgazette 10-FEB-12

:A New American Strategy

watchingamerica 10-FEB-12

SS flag and US troop storm: Marines posed with Nazi-style flag

thesun 10-FEB-12

Pentagon braces for budget cuts

xinhuanet_en 10-FEB-12

As many as 126 reported killed as Syrian attacks escalate

cnn 09-FEB-12

Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports

cyprus 09-FEB-12

Man survives 48 hours buried under Pakistan factory rubble

telegraph 08-FEB-12

U.S., Japan decouple Marines' Guam move from Okinawa (Reuters)

news 08-FEB-12

Pakistan jumps to 5th in ICC Test ranking after England 3-0 whitewash

app 07-FEB-12

I'll get 'nuked' for revealing Afghan failures, admits US army colonel

independent 07-FEB-12

Special operations' Afghan role could be expanded (AP)

news 07-FEB-12

US 'in lockstep' with Israel over Iran

aljazeera 06-FEB-12

Pakistan PM to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace (AP)

news 04-FEB-12

Iran's supreme leader vows to confront 'cancerous tumour' of Israel

telegraph 03-FEB-12

AP: Filipino troops still search for terrorist

AP 03-FEB-12

Senate panel approves sweeping penalties on Iran (AP)

news 02-FEB-12

US plans to halt Afghan combat role early, Kabul surprised

alertnet 02-FEB-12

NATO report says Pakistan backing Taliban

aljazeera 01-FEB-12

Romanian cops cuff suspected serial hacker TinKode

register 01-FEB-12

Federal budget deficit to dip to $1.1T, CBO says (AP)

news 31-JAN-12

State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy (AP)

news 30-JAN-12

US working hard to improve relations with Pakistan: Pentagon

app 29-JAN-12

Turkey's Davutoglu says government cannot prevent another aid flotilla to Gaza

bignewsnetwork 29-JAN-12

IAEA team heads to Iran to seek nuclear answers (Reuters)

news 28-JAN-12

Hamid Karzai in Britain for talks

bbc 28-JAN-12

Pakistan knew where Bin Laden was all along, Leon Panetta admits as he reveals intelligence source for Osama raid

dailymail 28-JAN-12

Report: Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium (AP)

news 28-JAN-12

US weapons for future include key relics of past (AP)

news 28-JAN-12

US rushing 'floating base' to the Middle East

jrep 28-JAN-12

Iran's nuclear plants soon 'immune' to attack

montrealgazette 27-JAN-12

IAEA chief urges Iran to cooperate with inspectors

dawn 27-JAN-12

How Pentagon budget cuts will reshape the Army (The Christian Science Monitor)

news 27-JAN-12

'I have great news for you': the moment Barack Obama told father of Somalia hostage she had been freed

telegraph 26-JAN-12

Panetta Outlines US Defense Budget Decisions

voanews 26-JAN-12

U.S. Army chief Gen Ray Odierno admits he's 'comfortable' with less troops as Pentagon readies cuts

dailymail 26-JAN-12

Somalia hostages freed in US raid

bbc 25-JAN-12

Nigeria's chief of police sacked

telegraph 25-JAN-12

Obama praises special ops forces in hostage rescue

washtimes 25-JAN-12

Candidates to face off in Florida

bbc 24-JAN-12

EU bans Iranian oil imports

euronews 23-JAN-12

AP Exclusive: US Talks to Afghan Insurgent Group

ABCnews 23-JAN-12

Ex-generals say Pakistan's Musharraf should be allowed home

cnn 22-JAN-12

Dragon babies spark spending spree

bbc 22-JAN-12

Internet's Dr Evil sprang electronic locks in his 'Bond villain lair' and retreated to safe room as police swooped

dailymail 22-JAN-12

U.S. to keep 11 aircraft carriers

CBSnews 22-JAN-12

France suspends Afghan operations after killings

montrealgazette 21-JAN-12

Europe turns the screw on Iran

montrealgazette 21-JAN-12

MegaUpload owner found hiding in safe room with sawed-off shotgun (Digital Trends)

news 21-JAN-12

6 Marines, 4 French killed in Afghanistan

cnn 20-JAN-12

U.S. shuts Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate

reuters 20-JAN-12

Truth Squad: Santorum's tally of Obama cuts don't add up

cnn 20-JAN-12

Russia warns of a 'very big war' if West meddles with Middle East... as Iran orders Arab neighbours not to cosy up to U.S.

dailymail 19-JAN-12

Canada looks at alternatives to nixed US pipeline (AP)

news 19-JAN-12

U.S. 'threatens Iran' if crucial global oil route is blocked

dailymail 18-JAN-12

Iran: More Security for Nuke Scientists

ABCnews 17-JAN-12

Pakistani lawmakers to vote on democracy

cnn 16-JAN-12

Europe set to announce ban on Iranian oil, William Hague says

telegraph 15-JAN-12

Israel, US agree to postpone missile defense exercise

jrep 15-JAN-12

Iran claims it has evidence the U.S. was behind car bombing that killed nuclear scientist

dailymail 14-JAN-12

'I'd pee on dead Taliban' Woman CNN host joins those backing marines facing investigation for urination video ¿ but veterans association says ¿They¿re not marines to us¿

dailymail 14-JAN-12

Marines in Taliban urinating video named

telegraph 13-JAN-12

Panetta: Army to withdraw 2 brigades from Europe (AP)

news 13-JAN-12

Iran called on to retaliate against Israel over killing of nuclear expert

telegraph 12-JAN-12

Karzai condemns US Marines 'urination' video

aljazeera 12-JAN-12

Pakistan's top soldiers in crisis talks

aljazeera 12-JAN-12

Magnetic bomb kills another scientist in Iran as regime accuses West of staging covert war to thwart its nuclear plans

dailymail 11-JAN-12

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

news 11-JAN-12

Former hostage says Iran war not inevitable

cnn 10-JAN-12

Pakistan Taliban claim soldiers' killing

aljazeera 09-JAN-12

China warns U.S. to 'be careful in its actions' as nation boosts military presence in Asia

dailymail 09-JAN-12

Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich

ABCnews 09-JAN-12

Republican rivals target frontrunner Romney

aljazeera 08-JAN-12

Iran claims it has arrested 'several' U.S. spies

dailymail 08-JAN-12

Bashir says working with Libya to protect borders

alertnet 08-JAN-12

U.S. expels Venezuelan consul in Miami

cnn 08-JAN-12

Danes capture pirate mothership, free 14

kyivpost 08-JAN-12

Tehran welcomes US rescue of Iranian sailors

RTERadio 07-JAN-12

Afghan solution

TheFrontierPost 07-JAN-12

Thompson [ said]: The most recent Pentagon report on the program’s status found no fundamental design issues that threatened aircraft production,

japantoday 22-DEC-11

Thompson [ said]: The most recent Pentagon report on the program's status found no fundamental design issues that threatened aircraft production,

montrealgazette 21-DEC-11

McCain [-said]: Experts call what the Pentagon has been trying to do here `concurrent development.' I call it a mess,

CBSnews 16-DEC-11

Richards [added:]: For the first time the Pentagon has specified that its Main Effort will be South East Asia

guardian 15-DEC-11

Graham [-said]: The Guard now will have a voice and a policy role suited to the vital role the Guard has assumed in our security structure. The Guard has grown to become a front-line, 21st Century force, but it has been trapped in a 20th Century Pentagon bureaucracy. These reforms go a long way toward fixing that problem. I am pleased that we have come so far in recent years, but much more remains to be done. I thank my partner and my friend Lindsey Graham for all of his hard work on this effort, and we appreciate the many

finanznachrichten 14-DEC-11

Graham [-said]: These reforms will bolster our national security and facilitate the Guard's enhanced role in our national defense. At home and abroad, we are asking the Guard to take on more responsibilities than ever. The Guard has grown to become a front-line, 21st Century force, but it is trapped in a 20th Century Pentagon bureaucracy. This will help clear away those cobwebs and give the Guard a voice in the Pentagon that befits the scale of its missions here and overseas.

finanznachrichten 29-NOV-11

Assange [-said]: [When we released our documents] the Pentagon said we must destroy everything we published and were going to publish,

rt 28-NOV-11

Chavez [-accused]: I think what they're doing is following instructions from the Pentagon and the White House.

ChinaPost 25-NOV-11

Panetta [said that:]: I’ve made clear that even with the budget constraints that we are facing in the United States, there is no question that in discussions within the Pentagon, and discussions in the White House, that the Pacific will be a priority for the United States of America.

IHT 23-OCT-11

Erdoğan [-asserted that]: an announcement the Pentagon made to reporters, [in which] it was said that this radar will give information to Israel.

todayszaman 04-OCT-11

Joseph Biden [declared that:]: terrorists who aimed the airliner at the Pentagon meant to weaken America attacking the symbol of its military power

ruvr 11-SEP-11

Biden [-said]: It's a basic American instinct, to respond to crisis when help is needed,... that we see come to the fore in our darkest hours. An instinct that echoes through the ages from Pearl Harbor to Beirut, from Mogadishu to Ground Zero, from Flight 93 to right here in the Pentagon,

CBC 11-SEP-11

Loren Thompson [ said]: The process inside the [ Pentagon ] is quite chaotic because there are so many potential outcomes and nobody really knows what level to budget for,

washtimes 31-AUG-11

Cheney [-wrote]: When the president came on the line, I told him that the Pentagon had been hit and urged him to stay away from Washington,

latimes 31-AUG-11

Lapan [-said]: or that holding a competition would undermine national security, the report said. The Pentagon said no-bid contracts were sometimes necessary to rush supplies and equipment to troops in combat. There have been many instances because of wartime needs where a long, lengthy competitive bid contract process does not serve the needs of the war fighters,

defensenews 30-AUG-11

Obama [-said]: Muslim Americans were first-responders - the former police cadet who raced to the scene to help and then was lost when the towers collapsed around him, the EMTs [Emergency Medical Technicians] who evacuated so many to safety, the nurse who tended to so many victims, the naval officer at the Pentagon who rushed into the flames and pulled the injured to safety. On this tenth anniversary we honor these men and women for what they are, American heroes,

globalsecurity 11-AUG-11

McCain [-told]: corrosion in its propulsion system. The problem may have slowed its move to San Diego, which will be home to the first 12 of the 55 LCS ships that are planned. None of the senators has called for canceling LCS, whose ships have more than doubled in cost. But Gibbs & Cox, one of the nation’s leading naval architectural firms, revealed this week that it has come up with the concept for a new frigate that could serve as an alternative. Gibbs@Cox also designed Freedom, a ship that is supposed to improve t

worldmaritimenews 01-AUG-11

Biden [-said]: Leon, I think the Pentagon is getting something special with you,

globalsecurity 23-JUL-11

Berman [-said]: I have repeatedly expressed concern over sending assistance to Pakistan's military as elements of it actively undermine the country's democratically elected government and institutions, and I'm relieved the Pentagon shares my concerns,

npr 11-JUL-11

Morrell [-said]: So Friday marks the beginning of a new era here at the Pentagon. This morning Secretary-designate Leon Panetta will be sworn in as the 23rd secretary of defense by General Counsel Jeh Johnson,

upi 27-JUN-11

Brown [-said]: There is a slavish acquiescence to the Pentagon, if not the White House in this matter, and I just don't think we're taking the independent viewpoint in the interests of Australia that we should take and would be respected by the White House,

smh 24-JUN-11

Boehner [ said]: As I understand it, the top brass at the Pentagon are comfortable with the president’s strategy,

globalsecurity 24-JUN-11

Gates [said:]: The way I like to put it is, from our standpoint at the Pentagon, we're involved in a limited kinetic operation. If I'm in Gadhafi's palace, I suspect I think I'm at war.

news 19-JUN-11

Kucinich [-said]: We have the makings of a constitutional crisis when the President... determines to conduct a war absent congressional authorization, even when it is contrary to the best legal advice of the Pentagon and the Justice Department,

focus 19-JUN-11

Rogozin [-also said]: I have returned from London today after a conference on missile defense and debates with leading Pentagon negotiators,

kyivpost 16-JUN-11

Mark Toner [said:]: My understanding -- and this is -- I believe the Pentagon has addressed this -- but that there are more than 200, close to 300 military personnel that had been in Pakistan for this training and equipping program. We've been recently notified that the Pakistani government would like to reduce that footprint. And our understanding is that ... footprint has been reduced to about 200.

upi 27-MAY-11

Barak [-said]: I don't think that anyone can say responsibly that these ayatollahs, if they have nuclear weapons, are something you can rely on, like the Politburo or the Pentagon,

upi 06-MAY-11

Obama [-said]: It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history.The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. Hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky, the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon, the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction... We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were

novinite 02-MAY-11

McLaughlin [-also noted that]: Panetta's just been through a couple of years where he has had to make difficult decisions on which there were no easy answers. That's pretty good schooling for the kinds of decisions he is going to have to make at the Pentagon, where budget cuts are obviously going to be necessary and difficult choices are going to be necessary.

cnn 28-APR-11

Clinton [-said]: Pentagon spokesman Capt. Darryn James told POLITICO. If the funds are approved the Department of Defense would be responsible providing equipment such as body armor, radios, medical supplies, food and other items to assist the rebel forces in dire need of supplies. The State Department said there were no initial plans to provide arms at this time and that the funds would be used on goods and services; cash would not be sent to rebel groups. It’s actually in goods and services that would be drawn down from

russiatoday 21-APR-11

Tom Coburn [ said]: At a minimum, we need to freeze defense spending until the Pentagon can audit its books,

washtimes 07-APR-11

Ryan [-criticized]: The idea of sparing the Pentagon from any savings, not imposing any new sacrifice on the wealthiest Americans, I think goes way too far. We have got to make certain that it's a balanced approach and one that can be sustained over the next 10 years.

CBSnews 04-APR-11

Patty Murray [ says]: The bottom line is that the VA and the Pentagon need to do a better job of working together to determine clear criteria for this program so that we aren't leaving veterans to fend for themselves,

usaToday 24-MAR-11

Loren Thompson [ said]: The Pentagon really needs to do this on the cheap,

AP 23-MAR-11

Barack Obama [answered:]: I have actually asked the Pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assured me that they are Obama’s statement came one day after the resignation of State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley, who called the treatment of Manning:

russiatoday 21-MAR-11

Barbour [-said]: Anybody who says you can't save money at the Pentagon has never been to the Pentagon,

news 18-MAR-11

Obama [-said]: I have actually asked the Pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assured me that they are,

news 11-MAR-11

Schumer [-said]: Under an all-of-the-above approach, the Pentagon should not be treated as off limits. There is waste in defense just like there is waste in the rest of the discretionary budget,

reuters 09-MAR-11

Gates [-said]: The Army will be increasingly challenged to justify the number, size and cost of its heavy formations to those in the leadership of the Pentagon, and on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, who ultimately make policy and set budgets,

globalsecurity 26-FEB-11