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20 May 2008 Military News

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  • Gates Again Asks Congress to Pass Emergency Funding Act AFPS 20 May 2008 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked Congress today to act quickly to approve the president’s $102.5 billion fiscal 2008 supplemental war budget request.
  • Gates Defends Defense Budget Request Before Senate Panel AFPS 20 May 2008 -- The United States needs a defense establishment that confronts the full range of threats in the world today, and the president’s fiscal 2009 defense budget request would fund the military for that purpose, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
  • Mullen Says Budget Will Fund Force of Future AFPS 20 May 2008 -- While the United States fields the best military in the world today, that power “is not assured tomorrow,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee today.

  • Promotion, developmental education releases combined AFPN 20 May 2008 -- Air Force officials here recently announced they will begin combining the public releases for officer promotions and developmental education announcements as part of an ongoing effort to streamline personnel processes.
  • Combat civilians: Writing history as it happens AFPN 20 May 2008 -- Most people think of 'history' as events that happened many years ago, written about by historians who were miles and years away from the action.
  • Bushes Express Condolences to Chinese; Cargo Aircraft Delivers Aid Team AFPS 20 May 2008 -- President and Mrs. Bush went to the Chinese embassy here today to express their condolences to the Chinese people following the devastating May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province.
  • Nations Discuss Maritime Security at Denmark Conference AFPS 20 May 2008 -- Terrorism, piracy and other transnational threats were among topics military planners from around the world discussed at a recent conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • AKO, DKO Approach 2 Million Users Army News 20 May 2008 -- Almost 2 million users are now registered with Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online.
  • Secretary of the Navy Visits Romania Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter visited with senior officials in Romania, May 13-15, to discuss U.S.-Romania military relations and visit the Romanian fleet. Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 --
  • FOL Comalapa Personnel Serve Salvadoran Community Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Service members and PAE contractors from Forward Operating Location (FOL) Comalapa, completed two community relations projects May 16-17, to build partner relations with their host country.
  • Ships Head to New York for Fleet Week Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- A flotilla of U.S. Navy ships and thousands of Sailors and Marines set sail May 19 from Norfolk, to participate in the 21st Fleet Week New York, which will take place May 21 - 28.
  • Ships Head to New York for Fleet Week Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- A flotilla of U.S. Navy ships and thousands of Sailors and Marines set sail May 19 from Norfolk, to participate in the 21st Fleet Week New York, which will take place May 21 - 28.
  • USS Ronald Reagan Departs on Third Deployment Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and embarked staffs and squadrons departed from San Diego May 19, for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment, as hundreds of friends and family members gathered pierside, waving banners and shouting farewells.
  • CNO Addresses Future Ensigns at Annapolis Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead addressed the Class of 2008's future ensigns at the U.S. Naval Academy, May 19.
  • Commander Naval Surface Forces Visits USS Howard Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, visited the guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) May 8, where he addressed the crew on the future of the surface Navy.
  • U.S., Japan forces join together for bilateral exchange AFPN 20 May 2008 -- Members of the Japan Air Self Defense Force and U.S. Air Force members assigned to Misawa Air Base took part in a bilateral exchange May 15 here to help enhance relations between the two nations.
  • HSL-43 Holds Change of Command Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 43 "Battlecats," recieved a new commanding officer May 15, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI).
  • SURFLANT Commander tells SNA Surface Forces are Taking Care of Business Navy NewsStand 20 May 2008 -- Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (CNSL), spoke at a luncheon held by the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Surface Naval Association (HR SNA) on May 14.

  • Russia to build up naval presence in world's oceans in 2008 RIA Novosti 20 May 2008 -- Russia's Northern Fleet will dispatch ships and submarines on tours of duty to various regions of the world's oceans in 2008, the fleet's commander said on Tuesday.
  • Russian warship to join international drills in August RIA Novosti 20 May 2008 -- A Russian battleship will participate in a multilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan including naval forces from France, the U.K. and the U.S. in August, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

  • German elite military force eyes recruitment of women IRNA 20 May 2008 -- Germany's top-secret elite KSK military force has expressed readiness to recruit women, the daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported in its Tuesday edition.

  • Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 20 May 2008
  • Press Briefing by Dana Perino The White House 20 May 2008

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  • Greater funding needed to improve peacebuilding process – Security Council UN News Centre 20 May 2008 -- Calling for the United Nations to play a lead role in coordinating international efforts to help countries recovering from conflict stabilize and eventually prosper, the Security Council stressed the need today for greater funding to assist in peacebuilding and to lay the groundwork for longer-term reconstruction and development.
  • Secretary-General outlines path for peacebuilding in Security Council debate UN News Centre 20 May 2008 -- To help countries in their struggle to stabilize and prosper after years of conflict, the United Nations must become more coherent in coordinating its activities, increase its capacity on the ground and build up its civilian expertise, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council today.

  • LEBANON: Rights group calls for law banning sectarian incitement IRIN 20 May 2008 -- Lebanon needs a new law banning sectarian prejudice and incitement, to help heal rifts that widened after last week’s fighting between opposition and pro-government forces, the Beirut-based Khiam Rehabilitation Centre said.
  • Situation in Burundi still very fragile, Secretary-General warns UN News Centre 20 May 2008 -- The fresh outbreak of fighting in Burundi could roll back valuable progress made since a peace agreement was reached in 2000, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned in a new report made public today.
  • Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply concerned’ at fighting in disputed Sudanese town UN News Centre 20 May 2008 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned about renewed fighting between the Sudanese Government and rebel forces in the area around the disputed town of Abyei, which lies in an oil-rich area near the boundary between north and south Sudan.
  • Kosovo journalist facing contempt charges before UN war crimes tribunal UN News Centre 20 May 2008 -- A Kosovo Albanian journalist is being brought before the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s on charges of contempt of court after he allegedly identified a secret witness in a trial.
  • New Fighting Reported in Sudan's Abyei Region VOA 20 May 2008 -- Despite several attempts in the past week to end clashes in the bitterly contested Abyei region of Sudan, heavy fighting has broken out between Sudanese government forces and ex-rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army fighters
  • Palestinians Say Israeli Air Strikes Killed Two in Gaza Strip VOA 20 May 2008 -- Palestinian medical workers say two Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed a 13-year-old boy and a Palestinian man.
  • Arab Mediators Set Deadline for Lebanese Crisis Talks VOA 20 May 2008 -- Arab mediators have set Wednesday as a deadline for Lebanon's rival factions to reach a deal to end months of political conflict.
  • Analysis: No Easy Answers in Lebanon cfr.org 20 May 2008 -- Whether Lebanon veered close to "civil war" this month—a question broached by many newspapers—seems purely academic at this point, and perhaps irrelevant.

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