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05 June 2004 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

  • Secretary Commends Bangladesh's Peacekeeping Record, Role AFPS 05 Jun 2004 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met here today with leaders of one of the world's most active countries in providing peacekeeping forces.
  • Australian Defense Minister, Rumsfeld Meet in Singapore AFPS 05 Jun 2004 -- The United States will maintain its capability in the Pacific region, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today, and Australia's defense minister said his country is satisfied with letting the United States decide how to do that.
  • RUMSFELD/BANGLADESH VOA 05 Jun 2004 -- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has held talks with leaders in Bangladesh, which a U-S official says were expected to include discussion of sending Bangladeshi troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. The stop was part of a brief visit to Asia, aimed at discussing the war on terrorism with American allies in the region.

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Other Conflicts

  • D-R-C / UNREST VOA 05 Jun 2004 -- U-N officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating reports that dissident soldiers who seized the eastern city of Bukavu earlier this week are marching toward other cities. The renegade general who is leading the troops strongly denies this.
  • SUDAN / PEACE VOA 05 Jun 2004 -- The government of Sudan and a southern rebel group have formally launched the final phase of their peace negotiations to end a 21-year war that has claimed two-million lives.

News Reports

  • REAGAN/CALIFORNIA VOA 05 Jun 2004 -- In Sacramento, California, flags over the state capitol are flying at half-staff in honor of former President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan died Saturday in Los Angeles at the age of 93, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The former president had many admirers in California, where his political career started.
  • BUSH / REAGAN VOA 05 Jun 2004 -- President Bush has expressed his condolences over the death of former U-S President Ronald Reagan.



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