DoD Announces New Relocation Tool for Families

" WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 – It’s almost peak moving season again for military families, and Defense Department leaders want families to know new resources are available to help. “Plan My Move,” soft-launched in late summer, is the next generation...

Trimming the Government's Talons -- Or Not

"Early Warning William M. Arkin on National and Homeland Security Trimming the Government's Talons -- Or Not Ever since I revealed the existence of the Pentagon's Talon database and the military's collection of information on anti-war protests, the story has careened in all...

Officials Hope to Rekindle Interest in Immigration Bill Provision

"Officials Hope to Rekindle Interest in Immigration Bill Provision By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 11, 2007 – A senior defense official expressed hope today that a provision in the stalled immigration bill that would have allowed some...

Afghan Defense Minister: Iran Not Arming Taliban

"BRUSSELS, Belgium — Afghanistan's Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak on Thursday dismissed claims by a top U.S. State Department official that there was "irrefutable evidence" that the Iranian government was providing arms to Taliban rebels. "Actually, throughout, we...

Over 11,000 US Visas Issued to Saudi Students Last Year

"Over 11,000 US Visas Issued to Saudi Students Last Year Javid Hassan, Arab News RIYADH, 15 March 2007 — The number of student visas for Saudis pursuing higher studies in the US shot up to over 11,000 last year, nearly three times more than the pre-9/11 figure of 4,359 in...

More "verifying and editing" needed -- WaPo Mess

Here is the correction that the Washington Post has posted online, after the damage had been done by their Front page article about the Pentagon's IG report on Undersecdef Douglas Feith."A Feb. 9 front-page article about the Pentagon inspector general's report regarding the...

Pentagon: Dubious Intelligence the Foundation of Iraq Invasion

I hesitate to call this "news", as it is something widely known and accepted by most of the world. However, this is the first time it is coming from the mouth of a Pentagon official. "Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the...

U.S. Pushes for Iranian conflict...

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington’s way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary...

U.S. Diplomat Warns Iran to Back Off

"A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs,...

U.S. freezes Iranian bank assets over missiles

"The Bush administration, tightening the financial vise on Tehran, moved today to block the assets of a major Iranian bank suspected of helping spread weapons of mass destruction. The action against Bank Sepah, Iran's fifth-largest state-owned financial institution, means...

U.S. to defend space with military force

"The United States will use military force in space to protect satellites and other space systems from attack by hostile states or terrorists, the Bush administration's senior arms-control official said yesterday. Robert Joseph, undersecretary of state for arms control...