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USA: GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WILLIAM COHEN
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U-S Defence Secretary, William Cohen said on Friday NATO must continue its air campaign until Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic meets all of its five demands.
Cohen's comments came following a meeting with the Greek...
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Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says he will not let budget cuts erode military's capacity
1. Wide of Pentagon briefing room as Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel walks to the podium
2. Wide of Hagel visiting "The Tank," an ultra-secure conference room at the Pentagon where defence officials hold the most secretive meetings, zoom...
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Rumsfeld briefing on troop rotation
Arlington, Virginia - November 6, 2003
1. Close-up Secretary Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Myers walking into briefing room
2. Wide and close-up view of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of...
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USA: USA: SUBMARINE BOAT COLLISION LATEST 2
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The U-S Navy has admitted that it had failed to disclose information about last Friday's submarine-boat collision off Hawaii to investigators.
Navy Chief of Information, Admiral Stephen Pietropaoli, told the media that it...
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New Yorker reporter & Biden comment on Rumsfeld
1. Various views Hersh walking, surrounded by TV crew
2. Wide view Hersh at microphone
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker reporter
"You have to be out of your mind not to keep going on this story. It doesn't matter...
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USA: BOEING AWARDED MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM CONTRACT
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More than a dozen years after Ronald Reagan proposed a "Star Wars" space defence, the Pentagon has awarded Boeing a 1.6 (b) billion U-S dollar, three-year contract to develop a ground-based national shield against ballistic...
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USA: US SOLDIERS KOREAN WAR MASSACRE ALLEGATION LATEST
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The United States Army has officially denied that it ignored evidence of American soldiers killing hundreds of civilian refugees during the Korean War.
The Army says it just didn't have enough evidence to continue an...
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Bush on use of force "speculation", journalist reax
Washington DC - 10 April 2006
1. US President George W. Bush being introduced at podium
2. Wide of Bush
3. Audience listening
4. Cutaway of Bush
5. SOUNDBITE (English) US President George W. Bush
"The doctrine of prevention is to work...
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USA: WASHINGTON: REMAINS OF UNKNOWN VIETNAM SOLDIER TO BE EXHUMED
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The remains of a Vietnam veteran buried in America's Tomb of the Unknowns is to be exhumed in a bid to try and identity his body.
The decision by the U-S Defence Secretary, William Cohen, was announced on Thursday.
It comes...
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USA: NEW CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TAKES OVER POSITION
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The new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was welcomed into the Pentagon on Wednesday.
Defense Secretary William Cohen held a full honors ceremony for General Henry Shelton, who took over the position after General John...
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO: REFUGEE CONVOY HIT BY NATO AIRSTRIKE (2)
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People claiming to have survived Wednesday's bombing of a refugee convoy in Kosovo have spoken about the tragedy.
Old and young described the events surrounding the incident after escaping over the Albanian border near...
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USA: KOSOVO CRISIS: SITUATION UPDATE
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The Pentagon says NATO forces have bombed the headquarters of the Yugoslav special forces and columns of tanks that had been deployed in the field.
And, as refugees pour out of Kosovo, the Clinton administration is...
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Pentagon briefing on latest developments
Washington, DC - 13 August 2003
1. Defence Department officials walk to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Norton Schwartz, director of operations for Joint US Chiefs of Staff:
"If the ECOMIL force commander elects to move some of his forces...
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USA: COHEN MEETS NETHERLANDS DEFENCE MINISTER
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The U-S is pledging to lift sanctions against Yugoslavia once President Slobodan Milosevic accepts defeat in his bid for re-election and gives way to a successor.
Other governments, says the U-S, would be likely to...
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Rumsfeld meets Malaysian Defence Minister
1. Mid shot of Malaysian Minister of Defence Dato' Sri Najib bin Abdul Razak arriving at Pentagon and greeted by US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
2. Close shot of Malaysian military officials
3. Wide shot of Malaysian Defence...
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Analyst who revealed secret Vietnam papers comments on NSA leaks
Kensington, California
1. Mid of Daniel Ellsberg, former military analyst who leaked Pentagon Papers in 1971, at desk
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Ellsberg, former military analyst who leaked Pentagon Papers in 1971:
"I was overjoyed...
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USA: VIETNAM: FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AGREEMENT
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Vietnam's new representative in America says his country is ready to move towards full diplomatic relations with the United States.
Le (Pronounced: Lee) Van Bang and other Vietnamese government officials are in Washington as...
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The Pentagon says it's planning to shrink American ground forces, retire older ships and planes and slow down purchases of a next-generation fighter jet, to meet Congressionally-mandated budget cuts.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: Army, Marines shrink as budget slows
CAPTION: The Pentagon says it's planning to shrink American ground forces, retire older ships and planes and slow down purchases of a next-generation fighter jet, to meet...
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Pentagon briefing on Operation Odyssey Dawn
Arlington, Virginia
1. Wide shot of press briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, staff director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
"I reported yesterday that coalition forces launched more than 110 Tomahawk...
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White House and Pentagon briefings on Libya
Washington, DC - 25 March 2011
1. Side shot White House spokesman Jay Carney at podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Carney, White House spokesman:
"What has already happened and is occurring now is the transfer of command and control over...
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Senior Enlisted Leaders Address NKorea Threat
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Arlington, Virginia - 28 November 2017
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Mattis Blames Congress For Eroding Military
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis makes clear that the goal in U.S. military's strategy is to "pursue change at significant scale" with sustained investment and creative approaches. That plan, however, will face grim budget hurdles he said.
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US reiterates commitment to build up Ukraine military
The US on Thursday reiterated its commitment to help "building the capacity of Ukraine's armed forces".
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made the remarks at a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko....
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U.S. and Albania Defense Leaders Meet
Defense Secretary Mattis met with visiting Albanian counterpart Defense Minister Olta Xhacka on Tuesday at the Pentagon.
The leaders expressed gratitude for each other's commitment within NATO, and discussed the threat of...