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US shield blunts Israeli military option on Iran (Reuters)
"Reuters - Israel has long pursued a policy of preemptive attack as its preferred form of defense."Is Bush Worth $100,000 a Minute
"In his proposed nearly $2.8 trillion budget President Bush is calling for major increases in defense spending but deep cuts in Medicare and other domestic social programs. Under the proposed budget, defense spending will increase nearly 7 percent to $440 billion. If approved...Documents Show Army Seized Wives As Tactic (AP)
"AP - The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show."Rumsfeld Says Military Not Overextended (AP)
"AP - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed reports suggesting that the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting "the force is not broken.""Activists Angered by Flyover at MLK March (AP)
AP - Peace activists are protesting plans for a military flyover at the city's annual Martin Luther King Jr. march, saying the gesture runs counter to the nonviolent beliefs of the civil rights leader.Ad wasn't an attack on military: Paul Martin (ctv.ca)
Ad wasn't an attack on military: Paul Martin — Paul Martin defended the series of controversial ads his Liberal Party unleashed this week and continued his attack on Stephen Harper, painting him as a leader who subscribes to a far right-wing ideology. ...US Rep. Murtha says he wouldn't join military now (Reuters)
US Rep. Murtha says he wouldn't join military now — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha, a key Democratic voice who favors pulling U.S. troops from Iraq, said in remarks airing on Monday that he would not join the U.S. military today. — ...Counter-Recruitment Day Sweeps U.S. Colleges
When the Solomon Amendment, the law that requires universities to allow military recruiters on campus, first passed in 1995, the bill's co-sponsor Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) declared an intention to "send a...Court Hears Case of Recruiters on Campuses (AP)
AP - A Bush administration lawyer told the Supreme Court Tuesday that colleges cannot turn away military recruiters in protest of the Pentagon's policy on gays if the universities also want to receive federal money.Blue Angels Soar Through Frisco Skies
The dogs howled, the pigeons flapped, the babies cried, and the tourists trained their cameras on the heavens as the Blue Angels paid another of their discreet social calls Thursday on San Francisco. The noise...Armed US military Dolphins Missing?
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina by Mark Townsend HoustonIt may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US...Explosion of Color Lights up the California Sky
A rocket carrying a military research satellite blasted off Thursday, dazzling spectators from California to Arizona with a rainbow of colors as it streaked across the sky at dusk. The Minotaur rocket carrying a...Panel: Pentagon Overestimated Base Savings - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON - A federal commission approved all but 14 percent of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's recommendations for closing or consolidating U.S. military bases -- but it also took issue with the Pentagon in a final report sent to President Bush.The nine-member panel...300 troops with kin in Katrina zone sent home
(CNN) -- Three hundred Air Force members in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere abroad will return to their Mississippi Air Force base "so they can attend to their families' needs after Hurricane Katrina," according to an Air Force command statement.Story here.Blue Angels to soar at 'Great State of Maine Air Show 2005'
BRUNSWICK (Aug 28): For the first time in six years, NAS Brunswick will host the Great State of Maine Air Show on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11.The largest air show in northern New England will feature the...Top Members Today
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