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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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This week in austerity: Furloughing defense workers and making unemployment harsher
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2013
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No Comments »Russia says no plans to sell air defense system to Syria: agency
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has no plans to sell Syria an advanced air defense system, its foreign minister said on Friday, denying media reports that it planned such a sale. Itar-Tass news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying Russia would be fulfilling contracts it has already concluded with Damascus but that this did [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Agency, defense, Plans, Russia, says, Sell, Syria, system No Comments »Kerry: Russia sells missile defense to Syria
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2013
ROME (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a “destabilizing” factor for Israel’s security. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Lawmakers: Syrian’s air defense not impenetrable
Posted by admin on May 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two lawmakers say Syria's air defense system isn't as strong as once thought and add that Israel's recent strikes there show the regime is vulnerable. Tweet This Post
Play of the Day: The Politics of Defense Contracting
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2013
Despite the dedication of his library last week, Jay Leno looked back again at George W. Bush for jokes in his monologue. In mocking the former president’s governing style, saying Bush’s “secretly smart” intellect was the only secret that wasn’t leaked. Jimmy Fallon also looked back, taking Mitt Romney to task again for losing the [...]
Hagel, Dempsey face Congress over defense budget
Posted by admin on April 11th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, face budget-conscious lawmakers determined to cut spending but resistant to changes that President Barack Obama insists would save the military money. Tweet This Post
