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DOD Aims to Streamline Foreign Military Sales Program

The Defense Department is streamlining the way it administers the foreign military sales program, including testing a concept to get pre-approvals for requests for high-demand technologies such as unmanned aerial systems, the director of the Defense...

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U.S., U.K. Military Relationship Essential, Said Admiral Mike Mullen, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces and the President's principal military advisor.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, French Navy Adm. Edouard...

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IAEA Resolution on Syria

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors adopted a resolution in Vienna, co-sponsored by fourteen nations, finding Syria in noncompliance with its international nuclear obligations. This is an important step given the troubling...

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Track star and UN advocate Carl Lewis to visit Dominican Republic and Haiti

Olympic athlete and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Carl Lewis