http://www.newstin.com/us/ROBERT_GATES Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66666497 London, UK: The Bush administration is preparing detailed plans to empty Guantanamo prison of every inmate, possibly by finding a legal basis for transferring some to jails on the US mainland. Some 265 detainees are being held... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:01:44 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66666497 2008-07-05T20:01:44Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66674989 Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Sunday, July 6, 2008 The Defense Department has now received 10,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles since May 2007, when it set up a task force to get massive numbers of the vehicles... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:10:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66674989 2008-07-05T22:10:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66672687 Afghanistan.The new order means they will come home in early November rather than October as the Pentagon promised earlier this year, according to David Nevers, a Pentagon spokesman.“Their extension comes at the request of... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:28:26 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66672687 2008-07-05T21:28:26Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66581427 Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) International Herald Tribune: The U.S. Defense Department has extended the combat tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:00:09 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66581427 2008-07-05T02:00:09Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66625955 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has determined that Middle-Eastern terrorist and other terrorist organizations are acquiring intelligence through secret codes written by spoof writer NickFun on the popular web site... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:32:54 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66625955 2008-07-05T11:32:54Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66539992 OPEN JOURNAL National Public Radio's Fresh Air recently featured an interview with Seymour M. Hersh, author of “Preparing the Battlefield: the Bush Administration Steps Up Its Secret Moves Against Iran,” an article appearing in... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:22:42 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66539992 2008-07-04T18:22:42Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66643112 WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is facing an Aug. 17 deadline to respond to a blistering report from government investigators that the Air Force made "significant errors" in tapping a team of Northrop Grumman and EADS to build a... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66643112 2008-07-05T00:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66560415 — and it may soon become one again. "It’s pretty easy to say ‘Let’s close Guantanamo,’ " Navy Rear Adm. Mark Buzby said before leaving as commander of the detention center in May. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:19:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66560415 2008-07-04T22:19:28Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66552001 How many troops do we have to replace the ones deployed in Iraq today? Iranians can blend in to Iraq (as they have for hundreds of years) whereas our troops cannot. The surge was like all the other bait-and-switch scams used to... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:50:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66552001 2008-07-04T20:50:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66542327 Thomas Powers makes a compelling case that a U.S. attack on Iran would be folly. The day after his article was finished, Israel 'rehearsed an attack on Iran'. Mike Mullen has warned of a 'third front' for US, but is ambiguous... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:11:41 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66542327 2008-07-04T19:11:41Z