During budget hearings, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will face critics who say his plan would render America unprepared for traditional war.
Pentagon replacing top Afghanistan commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Monday and picked a former special forces commander to oversee President Barack Obama's strategy against a growing Taliban insurgency.
US admiral is new NATO supreme commander
BRUSSELS (AFP) — NATO announced Tuesday that it had appointed US Admiral James Stavridis as its supreme military commander, following a request from the United States.
Stavridis will replace US General John Craddock as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), said a statement from the Defence Planning Committee of the world's biggest military alliance.
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Gates had recommended in March that Stavridis be named SACEUR; a post exclusively allocated to US officers and whose headquarters is in Mons, Belgium.
Craddock came under fire in February after telling commanders that he wanted troops in the NATO-led security force "to attack directly drug producers and facilities throughout Afghanistan."
Looking at some of his writings,
We're All in This Together - Stavridis
Productive Partnerships Make Region Stronger - Stavridis
he's a transnationalist hopeychanger. Of course.
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Biden says unions are way to rebuild middle class
*headdesk*
Neighbors riot after officer kills man outside East Austin apartment complex
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Was It a Sucker's Rally?
The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)
and
FOFOA: Worst Case Scenario (12" Remix)
The Sovereign Wealth Solution
White House steps up IMF funding
S&P sees Islamic finance market rebounding
Legal wrangles to test Islamic banking as boom fades
U.S. elected to U.N. rights council for first time
US, China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia elected to UN rights panel
Oh, lookie, we're right in there with all of BO's bestest buds!
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Huge fire after Moscow gas pipeline blast
Putin tells firms to buy Russian ships,they object
Vladimir Putin questions Dmitry Medvedev's future
Good cop, bad cop, I'm tellin' ya.
Putin Hopes for Nuclear Deal in Japan
NATO war games hinder U.S.-Russia ties: Putin
Russia to link missile shield, arms talks
Russia StockpilingDiamons, Awaiting the Return of Demand
Russia quietly passed a milestone this year: surpassing De Beers as the world’s largest diamond producer.
Russian survivalists stock up for End of Days
Serbia, Russia to sign gas pipeline pact by May 16
Russia plays up its international role – especially in Mideast peace
It chaired a special meeting Monday of the Security Council that endorsed the idea of holding a Middle East peace conference in Moscow this year.
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US soldier in custody after allegedly killing five fellow troops in Iraq
US files murder charges in Iraq soldier shooting
Something is off here, and I'm not sure what.
IRAQ Nineveh Plain: a ghetto for Iraqi Christians is an illusion
British man and woman held in Syria accused of being involved with Al Qaeda
Jordan king woos Syria in Mideast peace push
Syria, Jordan Comment On U.S. Mideast Plan
Abbas to meet Assad in Syria on Thursday
Report: China-Kuwait ink $9 bln oil refinery deal
Lebanon arrests 5 suspected of spying for Israel
Out of Jail: Saberi 'Happy to Be Free'
Report: Iran deploys missiles in Persian Gulf
Iranian mortar shells land in Turkey: security
Breakthrough in Nabucco pipeline
I'm not holding my breath.
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Turkish PM leaves for Azerbaijan to allay concerns over Armenia ties
U.S. Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Meets with U.S. Secretary of State
Did you know there was any such thing as the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce? I sure didn't.
Gas pipeline blows up in Azerbaijan
Georgian president faces 4 fiercest opponents
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Suspected Nazi guard Demjanjuk deported to Germany
Neo-Nazis attack concentration camp survivors during memorial service for 345,000 dead
Masked neo-Nazi thugs screamed 'Heil Hitler!' and 'This way for the gas!' at ten elderly Italian men and women, who returned to the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
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Britain, China announce stock market accord
China’s CIC Said to Have Named New Investment Heads
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- China Investment Corp., the sovereign wealth fund that bought stakes in Blackstone Group LP and Morgan Stanley, has appointed new managers at its investment divisions, said three people familiar with the decisions.
China’s Investment Surges 30.5%; Exports Decline
In China's quake zone, pain and anger
One year...
Thai protesters in biggest rally since crackdown
The red-shirts protesting. On the same weekend the new Star Trek movie came out. I suppose I shouldn't laugh, but...
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Pakistan won't collapse: Zardari
Hope and Change will hold it together!
Pakistan's sharia cease-fire: I knew it wouldn't work, Zardari says
he sure knows a lot, doesn't he?
Pakistan 'most dangerous country in the world'
Taliban + nukes. What could go wrong?
Commando attack on Taliban stronghold leaves 800,000 homeless
20 killed in staged suicide bombings in Afghanistan
Apparent poison gas hospitalizes 84 Afghan girls
Fire in gas pipeline at Vastrapur, residents panic - Ahmedabad
Sri Lanka: More Civilians Caught in Cross Fire at Hospital
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Congo soldiers rape pygmies for supernatural powers
Ghana - World Bank irrigation project abandoned at Kpando-Torkor ….as farmers demand explanation
Oil theft barge sunk in Nigeria
Two Zimbabwean journalists arrested
Government Seeks New Model for Zimbabwe Diamonds
2nd story today about diamonds...
Chad rebels say Sudan asked them to leave
Eritrea denies hosting Iranian forces
Spain to hand over Somali pirates to Kenya
Somali pirates free Greek-owned ship
FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates
Libya reports prison suicide of top Qaeda man
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Obama's Choice Shows Egypt's Role
Memo From Cairo - Egypt to Be Center Stage in Obama’s Address to Arabs
Yeah? Let's see him talk about stuff like this:
Small Bomb Explodes Near Revered Church in Egypt
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Brain scanning may be used in security checks
RFID is finding a home in the data center
Real-time media is changing our world
Again with the Cyber War
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Need a warm fuzzy? How about a big kitty?
Jaguar Swims Panama Canal, Then Takes Own Picture
Hee.
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