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James Webb likely to replace Mattis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4: US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering appointing former Secretary of the Navy, James Webb, as the next Secretary of Defence.
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Pentagon comptroller David Norquist named acting deputy defense secretary
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Jan 3 (ANI): The Pentagon's top financial officer David Norquist will soon take over as the acting deputy defense secretary, in succession to Patrick Shanahan, who took over as the acting defense secretary.
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Kurdish fighters should be given US weapon in Syria, suggests US commander
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington (US) Dec 29 (ANI): US commanders have recommended to the Pentagon that Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Syria be allowed to keep US-supplied weapon after the exit of US troops from the regions, say reports.
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Trump brags US troops on military pay raise
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq) Dec 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who was on his maiden visit to Iraq, met military troops stationed in Baghdad and claimed that he gave them a 10 per cent pay raise and called it the first hike in more than a decade. However, the soldiers will actually receive a 2.6 pe
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US offers job security to Taliban rebels for peace in Afghan
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (US) Dec 27: The US is offering Taliban militants a safety network that includes job opportunities to persuade insurgents to join the Afghan peace process.
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US to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan by Feb '19
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 21(ANI): The Pentagon on Thursday (local time) announced the withdrawal of around 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, amounting to the removal of half of the total US forces deployed in the country at present.
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US troops at US-Mexico border down to 3,150 from 5,900
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): The United States of America has lowered the number of troops deployed at the US-Mexico border to 3,150 from 5,900.
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US to withdraw troops from US-Mexico border
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): Pentagon has decided to withdraw several hundred active military troops from the southern Mexico border.
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Huawei CFO arrested, facing extradition to the US
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Dec 6 (ANI): Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition to the United States following her arrest in Canada.
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India to 'sort out' sanction waiver over S-400 purchase deal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and Indian officials in the coming days will sort out all issues related to the United States possibly waiving sanctions against India for its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said at the
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Defence Minister Sitharaman to meet US counterpart
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 03 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who arrived in Washington D.C. on Sunday for a five-day visit, will hold a bilateral meeting with United States Secretary of Defence James N Mattis at Pentagon on Monday.
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US spent almost $ 6 trillion on wars since 9/11
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Rhode Island (USA), Nov 18 (ANI/Sputnik): In the wake of September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, the United States has spent over US $ 5.9 trillion on wars abroad that have resulted in the deaths of an estimated 500,000 people.
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