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USA: DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN UNVEILS PENTAGON BLUEPRINT
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U-S Defence Secretary William Cohen unveiled a Pentagon blueprint on Monday designed to cut costs without weakening the U-S military's punch.
The review leaves the core military force intact - which the Pentagon says is...
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. will send medical supplies, helmets and other nonlethal aid to the Ukrainian military in response to Russia's 'destabilizing activities.' (April 17)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. will send nonlethal assistance to Ukraine's military in light of what he called Russia's ongoing 'destabilizing activities' there.
Hagel said at a Pentagon news conference Thursday that the...
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Rumsfeld leads ceremony at Pentagon for 9/11 attacks
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
1. US Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld walking with cordon
2. Police watching from roof of Pentagon
3. Wide of Pentagon with flag hanging
4. Moment of silence
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A defense official says the Pentagon has a 'high degree of confidence' that the U.S. missile successfully hit the fuel tank of a dying satellite, and none of the debris from the strike is larger than a football.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: High confidence satellite hit by missile
CAPTION: Defense official says the Pentagon has a 'high degree of confidence' that the U.S. missile successfully hit the fuel tank of a dying satellite, and none of the debris...
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USA: VIRGINIA: PENTAGON BRIEFING CONCERNING GULF WAR ILLNESS
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The Pentagon now says nearly 100-thousand US troops may have been exposed to trace amounts of Iraqi poison gas.
That's five times the previous estimate of 20-thousand.
The Pentagon still insists this exposure is not the...
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The Pentagon charges six Guantanamo Bay detainees for the September 11th terrorist attacks. They will be tried together before a military tribunal. Under the military justice system, the half-dozen suspects may face the death penalty.
HEADLINE: Death penalty for 9/11 terror attacks
CAPTION: The Pentagon is planning to charge six Guantanamo Bay detainees for the September 11th terrorist attacks. Military leaders will be seeking the death penalty. (Feb. 11)
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Panetta: US military can't make up NATO shortfalls
1. Leon Panetta, U.S. Defence Secretary walking to stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Leon Panetta, U.S. Defence Secretary:
"There are legitimate questions about whether, if present trends continue, NATO will again be able to sustain the...
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MIDDLE EAST: WILLIAM COHEN VISIT
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U-S Secretary of Defense William Cohen carried a message to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday that it's time to end the violence with Palestinians and get back to the bargaining table.
Cohen is on a Mid-East tour...
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USA: PROTOTYPE ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM TO BE TESTED
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U-S defence officials say they're ready for another test of a prototype anti-missile system.
The Clinton administration wants to spend some 12 billion (U-S) dollars to build a missile defence system to protect against attacks...
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A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The tunnel was discovered on Wednesday, and three suspects are in custody. (Oct. 31)
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A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday, making it one of...
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Bush proposes 11.3 per cent boost in Pentagon budget, plus extra billions for war
1. Wide shot of President Bush's cabinet meeting
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush
"I appreciate the fact that the Iraqi government is anxious to get security inside the capital of the country. That's a good sign. ...
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Presser by Karzai and Rumsfeld
1. Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence greeting Hamid Karzai, Afghan President, as he arrives at Pentagon
2. Rumsfeld and Karzai walking to podium in briefing room
3. Cutaway reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S....
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Project for Pentagon memorial is revealed
1. Wide of front of Pentagon briefing room with architects and memorial model
2. Pan of model of memorial
3. People in model
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Beckman, Beckman and Kaseman Architects:
"We wanted to build this place with...
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USA: US MILITARY WILL AGAIN BE INVOLVED IN SOMALIA
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President Clinton set alarm bells ringing in Washington Saturday by announcing the US will again be involved in Somalia.
John Deutch, Deputy Defense Secretary announced that President Clinton has ordered U-S forces to protect...
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The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday. So far the aid is limited. (Aug. 11)
In the State Department daily briefing this afternoon, Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf says the United States supports the new Iraqi Prime Minister designate.
Harf also said the United States was working with the government of Iraq to...
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U.S. warships and helicopters stalked a lifeboat holding an American sea captain and his four Somali captors Sunday, while his crew briefed FBI agents about how they fought off the pirates who boarded their ship
HEADLINE: US shadows lifeboat with captured US captain
CAPTION: U.S. warships and helicopters stalked a lifeboat holding an American sea captain and his four Somali captors Sunday, while his crew briefed FBI agents about how they...
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100th day of military action in Afghanistan
1. Wide shot of Pentagon briefing
2. Mid shot of briefing
3. Cutaway, cameras
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem, Pentagon spokesman.
"Zawar Kili (is) a very large complex, something on the order of 3-by-3 miles. ...
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USA - Briefing at Pentagon on US attack on Iraq
United States Defence Secretary William Perry said on Tuesday that the U.S. reserved the right to launch further attacks on Iraq.
His warning followed an early-morning U.S. offensive in which 27 cruise
missiles were directed at targets...
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State Dept comments on Haiti crisis
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
1. Two shot of Pentagon spokesman Di Rita and General Rodriguez
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lawrence Di Rita, Pentagon spokesman
"There are teams that are available at combatant commands at the request of...
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Nearly two years after deadly Benghazi attack, a Libyan militant, Ahmed Abu Khattala, is in US custody and will be tried in the US. (June 17)
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A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly September 11, 2012, attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and is in U.S. custody, marking the first U.S. apprehension of an alleged...
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops in Iraq they would stay past the withdrawl date, but only if the Iraqi government wanted them. He also talked about a possible US government shutdown, and the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal.
HEADLINE Gates talks Iraq, govt. shutdown, DADT repeal
CAPTION: Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops in Iraq they would stay past the withdrawl date, but only if the Iraqi government wanted them. He also talked about a possible...
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An al-Qaida front group, the Islamic State in Iraq, claimed Sunday that it had captured U.S soldiers in a deadly attack on a U.S. convoy the day before in Sunni area south of Baghdad.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: Missing troops in terrorist hands
CAPTION: The U.S. military is searching for three soldiers who went missing after a convoy attack south of Baghdad; the U.S. believes the soldiers were abducted by militants linked...
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Hagel and White House briefing on use of chemical weapons in Syria
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia - 29 April 2013
1. Wide of US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Japanese Defence Secretary Itsunori Onodera at lecterns
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chuck Hagel, US Defence Secretary:
"We are continuing to...
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Pentagon spokesman George Little said Monday that the U.S. is fully committed to its strategy in Afghanistan, despite a week of protests over the accidental burning of Qurans at a military base.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: Committed to Afghan strategy, despite protests
CAPTION: Pentagon spokesman George Little said Monday that the U.S. is fully committed to its strategy in Afghanistan, despite a week of protests over the accidental...