Topic: Texas
Lawmaker wants Gates to answer questions about Texas man who apparently faked way into ArmyA Colorado congressman has written Defense Secretary Robert Gates seeking answers in the case of a Texas man who apparently tricked the Army into allowing him to enter ...
US investigates reports of Mexican military helicopter flying over TexasThe defense department says it is investigating reports of a Mexican military helicopter seen flying in Texas.Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez says several people reported seeing the aircraft on Sunday flying over an ...
The late Rep. Charlie Wilson worked tenaciously to funnel millions of dollars in weapons to Afghan rebels who fought off the Soviet Union, only to watch Afghanistan plunge into chaos and eventually harbor al-Qaida terrorists.Weinbaum said Wilson's legacy should not be overshadowed ...
US Army Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified contacts with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday.Citing two unnamed sources briefed ...
Senate Roll Vote: yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.Voting yes were 56 Democrats, 10 Republicans and 2 independents.Voting no were 1 Democrat and 28 Republicans.Democrats YesAkaka, Hawaii; Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Begich, Alaska; Bennet, Colo.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.; ...
L-3 Communications' Vertex gets $12.6 million Air Force deal for services at base in TexasL-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s Vertex Aerospace received a $12.6 million contract from the Air Force to provide services at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, the Pentagon said ...
US soldiers will not be eligible to receive the Purple Heart for the invisible psychic wounds of war, the Pentagon said Thursday, reserving the medal for those wounded in combat.The decision was reached following a review suggested by US Defense Secretary Robert ...
Imagine moving an entire city from the sprawling Kansas prairie to a barren Iraqi desert. It's a scenario all too familiar to members of "the Big Red One"--the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division stationed at Fort Riley, a base located 70 miles ...
Biographical Information on Army Secretary Pete GerenNAME _ Preston M. "Pete" Geren.AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION _55, Jan. 29, 1952; Fort Worth, Texas.EXPERIENCE _Army secretary since July 16; acting Army secretary, March 9-July 16; undersecretary of the Army; acting Air Force secretary; special assistant to ...
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