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Pentagon Financial Chaos Needs Sensible Solutions Washington (UPI) May 18, 2006 
We know from too many years of GAO and Pentagon Inspector General reports that the financial management of the Pentagon is in shambles. A new report from Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, written by a senior manager with decades of experience at GAO and the EPA Inspector General, helps Americans understand the dimensions of the problem and suggests a route out of the morass, which others seem unable, or unwilling, to recommend.
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Bush Plan For Border Will Fail
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2006President George W. Bush's pledge to send 6,000 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexican border will be too few to make any significant difference: Border security advocates want 10 times as many. Legislation On American Privacy Laws A Sticky Issue 
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2006Though the federal government's current use of spying techniques has irked many Americans, statistics from polls show many citizens are willing to give up some privacy for increased security. Britian May Reform Human Rights Law To Enable Deportations 
London (UPI) May 18, 2006British Home Secretary John Reid insisted Wednesday that human rights law would no longer prevent the government from deporting terror suspects, extremists and other foreign criminals. In a sustained attack on the criminal justice system, he pledged to rebalance it to favor public security over the rights of the individual. |
Stewart and Stevenson Secure Contract For Medium Tactical Vehicles
Houston TX (SPX) May 18, 2006Stewart and Stevenson Services has announced today that Stewart and Stevenson Tactical Vehicle Systems, LP (TVS) has recently received contract modifications valued at approximately $625 million. Vigilant Eagle Incorporates New Technology For Urban Warfare 
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 18, 2006Raytheon recently developed a version of the Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System that employs the fire distribution center (FDC) of the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). Armor Holdings Receives Award For Up-Armored HMMWVs 
Jacksonville FL (SPX) May 18, 2006Armor Holdings has announced today the receipt of an order valued at $31.5 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command for additional production of M1114 Up-Armored HMMWV vehicles to support the Iraqi Army. |
LM To Upgrade ICBM Reentry System Upgrade
Valley Forge PA (SPX) May 17, 2006Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday it has received a $28 million contract modification from Northrop Grumman to provide hardware components for the full-rate production phase of the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile's Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle program. Pakistan And Iran To Fight Terror Together 
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2006Pakistan, one of the U.S.'s closest allies in the war against terror, and Iran are to coordinate efforts in combating terrorism, according to Pakistan's Ambassador to Iran Shafeqat Saeed. After meeting with Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Saeed stated that Teheran and Islamabad would coordinate their efforts to combat the threat. Operation Mountain Lion Continues In Eastern Afghanistan 
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2006Since April 11, Afghan and U.S. troops have been conducting Operation Mountain Lion in Afghanistan's mountainous eastern Kunar province against Taliban and al-Qaida remnants in the Korengal Valley. |
Thales Expands Its Partnership With Russia
St Petersburg, Russia (SPX) May 18, 2006Thales' aerospace activities, ZAO Transas and Mil Moscow helicopter plant JSC have today signed an agreement to design and develop full avionics systems for the new Russian medium multipurpose helicopter, MI38. US forces cannot withdraw yet from any Iraqi province: general 
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2006 US and coalition forces cannot yet be withdrawn from even Iraq's most stable regions, despite progress made in building up Iraqi security forces, the US military chief said Wednesday. France's Clemenceau aircraft-carrier: a floating embarrassment 
Paris (AFP) May 17, 2006 The French aircraft carrier Clemenceau returned to its northwestern home port of Brest on Wednesday, after failing to find a foreign country willing to dismantle its asbestos-contaminated hull. |
China considering US offer to observe military exercises
Beijing (AFP) May 16, 2006 China said Tuesday it welcomed US efforts to improve military ties and was "actively considering" an invitation to observe US exercises. Bush administration to meet lawmakers to push Indian nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) May 16, 2006 US President George W. Bush's administration will lobby lawmakers to push through a civilian nuclear deal with India which lacks crucial support in Congress, a senior official said Tuesday. Czech power company CEZ selects Russian nuclear fuel supplier 
Prague (AFP) May 17, 2006 The Czech state-controlled electricity company CEZ has signed a 10-year contract with the Russian TVEL Corp for nuclear fuel for the Temelin nuclear plant, spokesman Milan Nebesar told AFP Wednesday. EU, US considering offering Iran nuclear reactor: diplomats 
Vienna (AFP) May 17, 2006 Europe and the United States are considering helping Iran acquire a light-water nuclear reactor in return for Tehran giving up uranium enrichment on its soil as a guarantee that it will not make atomic weapons, diplomats said Tuesday. |
Iranian president ridicules European nuclear offer
Tehran (AFP) May 17, 2006 Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ridiculed a European Union plan to offer trade and technology incentives in exchange for his country agreeing to halt sensitive nuclear work. Japan invites Asia to join "Cool Biz" energy saving drive 
Tokyo (AFP) May 17, 2006 Japan on Wednesday encouraged the rest of Asia to join its anti-global warming "Cool Biz" campaign, a government-led drive to dress casually to reduce the use of air-conditioners in the summer. London meeting on Iran crisis postponed: Britain 
London (AFP) May 17, 2006 A meeting of world powers in London this Friday on the Iran nuclear crisis has been postponed in order to fine-tune European Union proposals to Tehran, Britain said. Taiwan plans to produce supersonic anti-ship missiles: report 
Taipei (AFP) May 17, 2006 Taiwan plans to make 130 supersonic anti-ship missiles beginning next year to counter rival China's continued naval buildup, a newspaper and military expert said Wednesday. |
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