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New Pentagon rules move women closer to combat

The Pentagon is recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the ...

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No knowledge of any apology move to Pak: Pentagon

The Pentagon declined to comment if there was any move by the US to apologise for the raid that ki...

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Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq

The Obama administration is open to Iraqi suggestions about the scope and depth of defence ties.

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Pentagon cuts size of US Army, Marines

The changes US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta described at a news conference are numerous but hardly...

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US open to work with India on missile shield

The offer was made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Robert Scher who said that the Indo-US d...

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‘US-Indo defence ties not based on arms sales’

America`s strong and deepening defence ties with India are not dependent on any arms sales, a top P...

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Second US aircraft carrier near Gulf: Pentagon

Backed by a cruiser, destroyer, the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group arrived in US 5th Fleet are...

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No assurances against Pakistan coup: Pentagon

The US Defence Department has neither sought nor received assurances that the Pakistani Army will no...

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Pentagon hopeful of reopening Afghan supply route

The US military personnel in Islamabad are talking with their Pakistani counterparts in this regard...

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US won`t allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapon

The US has asked Iran to accept the will of the international community on the issue of acquiring nu...

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US to unveil new defence strategy

The new defence strategy is expected to end the decade-old policy of maintaining a force capable of ...

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Pentagon-backed `time cloak` stops the clock

Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes a...

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US downsizing top-heavy ranks in military

The US has started culling generals and admirals from its top-heavy ranks to save money.

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‘Sexual assaults rise at US military academies’

A total of 65 sexual assault cases were reported at the three academies in 2010-11 compared to 41 r...

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Pentagon policy chief to step down

A top woman Pentagon official, who helped US President Barack Obama craft his Af-Pak policy, would b...

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`Remains of 274 US troops dumped in landfill`

The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before ...

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Pak has right to self-defence so does US: Pentagon

The Pentagon has asserted amid reports from Islamabad that Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Perve...

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Gumby-like flexible robot crawls in tight spaces

Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm ...

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US shifts drones from Iraq to Turkey: Pentagon

The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights in suppo...

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Pentagon weighs cuts to nuclear arsenal

There is disagreement over how many atomic bombs the United States requires in the post-Cold War era...

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Pentagon looks for weapons to wage cyber warfare

The Pentagon`s researchers plan to bolster their efforts to create offensive weapons for use in cybe...

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`Kabul attack won’t change US’ Afghan strategy`

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car next to a military convoy in western Kabul on Sat...

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Pentagon for stronger defence ties with India

Saying that India`s importance for the US would grow in the long-run, a Pentagon report has favoure...

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Pak militiaman responsible for border ambush

An ambush on US troops near a Pakistani border town in 2007 that left an American officer dead was ...

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N Korea, US hold talks on war dead: Pentagon

The United States and North Korea began talks on Tuesday on resuming efforts to recover the remains ...

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Many US veterans disapprove Iraq, Afghan wars

A third of US military veterans think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, a po...

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US: Pentagon attack plotter pleads not guilty

Rezwan Ferdaus, arrested last week for plotting an attack on the Pentagon with remote-controlled ai...

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`Pakistan needs to challenge Haqqani sanctuaries`

Pakistan has said that it can`t be asked to do more in the war against terror.

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US citizen planned to blow up Pentagon, Capitol

Rezwan Ferdaus was arrested and charged with the aerial bombing plot to attack Washington.

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ISI supports, encourages terrorist outfits: Pentagon

Pakistan`s spy agency ISI not only supports but also encourages terrorist outfits, particularly th...

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‘Pak needs to step up its efforts against terror`

US Deputy Secy of Defense said the Pentagon is procuring a large number of ballistic underwear as a ...

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Taliban attack in Kabul not spectacular: Pentagon

Pentagon spokesperson George Little said the attacks on Kabul seem to be a co-ordinated set of atta...

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Nerve centre of al Qaeda lies in Pak: Pentagon

Pentagon spokesman, George Little said it was essential to defeat and uproot al Qaeda.

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China denounces US, defends military modernisation

China said the US report, released earlier this week, "exaggerated the so-called mainland military t...

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India is a major regional and global power: US

The Pentagon said India not only brings in great capabilities, but also shared interest.

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5.9 quake hits US East Coast; Pentagon evacuated

Tremors prompted evacuations of buildings, City Hall and halted work at the World Trade Center site.

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No sign that Gaddafi has left Libya: Pentagon

Gaddafi has not been seen in public for weeks amid speculation the veteran leader was hiding in his ...

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No US boots on the ground in post-Gaddafi Libya

The US does not intend to send forces into Libya following the fall of Gaddafi, the Pentagon said.

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Dialogue with Pak important for US: Pentagon

Pentagon spokesman said countless Pakistanis have lost their lives to terrorists inside Pakistan.

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US begins probe into Afghan helicopter crash

The US military has launched an investigation into Saturday`s devastating helicopter crash in easter...

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US bars media from covering return of dead troops

The Pentagon has ruled out media coverage of a ceremony marking the return of 30 US soldiers, who we...

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Taliban on the run: Pentagon

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had recently asserted that the Taliban is on the run.

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Won`t accept extra spending cuts: Pentagon chief

Leon Panetta said large military cutbacks would weaken the United States faced with rising powers.

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Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield

The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to counter propaganda on social media networks.

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Pentagon: 24,000 files stolen in cyberattack

A foreign intelligence service stole 24,000 computer files in March from a defence contractor deve...

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US to unveil strategy to counter cyber attacks

The US has been recently facing escalating risks of cyber attacks.

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Pentagon to release cyber strategy this week

US is set to release its much awaited cyber strategy on Thursday, but the public version of it is u...

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Pentagon to release cyber strategy this week

US is set to release its much awaited cyber strategy on Thursday, but the public version of it is un...

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Panetta sworn in as Obama`s second Pentagon chief

A day after stepping down as CIA director, Leon Panetta was sworn as secretary of defense.

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US Senate confirms Panetta as Pentagon chief

The US Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta, the CIA Director, to be the n...

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