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Gates gives Air Force OK to select new refueling tanker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday restored the Air Force's authority to select the winner of a $35 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers between Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. ...more
September 16, 2009
Bad policy
Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama is not a good steward of the nation's defense and foreign policies. ...more
April 29, 2009
Long Delay In Tanker Deal Will Hurt Nation's Security
Unless the White House comes to its senses, pilots at MacDill Air Force Base and other bases will have to continue flying Cold War-era refueling tankers for five years. ...more
March 17, 2009
Pentagon Rethinks Doctrine Of Two-War Strategy
The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the Obama administration to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of U.S. strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time. ...more
March 16, 2009
U.S. Has Dual Role In Drug War
The U.S. military is in a better position to provide Mexico's military with training, resources and intelligence as its southern neighbor battles deadly drug cartels, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. ...more
March 7, 2009
A Tale Of Two Chiefs
Tell us, Robert Gates, what's the difference between working under Barack Obama and working under George W. Bush? ...more
March 2, 2009
Policy OKs Photos Of Caskets
The Obama administration is reversing an 18-year ban on news coverage of the return of war dead, allowing photographs of flag-covered caskets when families of the fallen troops agree, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more
February 27, 2009
Ban On Photos Of War Dead Coffins Lifted
The Obama administration is reversing an 18-year ban on news coverage of the return of war dead, allowing photographs of flag-covered caskets when families of the fallen troops agree, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more
February 26, 2009
Feared Approach
Former Air Force Officer A.J. D'Amario questions the foreign policy goals for President Barack Obama. ...more
February 18, 2009
Risky Approach On Defense
Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama runs the risk of being an ineffective commander-in-chief because of his early national defense and security moves. ...more
February 7, 2009
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