Pentagon Seeks Authority to Train and Equip Foreign Militaries
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Congress on Tuesday to grant the Pentagon permanent authority to train and equip foreign militaries, a task previously administered by the State Department, and to raise the annual budget for the effort to $750 million, a 250 percent increase," writes Thom Shanker of The International Herald Tribune.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041608S.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thom+Shanker
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041608S.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thom+Shanker
rudkla - 17. Apr, 08:46
