U.S. soldiers fire illumination rounds on Forward Operating Base Hadrian, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2013. The soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, have conducted intensive training and fire missions to support operations in the country's Uruzgan province. The gunners, based on Forward Operating Base Hadrian in the Deh Rawud district, provide offensive support to Combined Team Uruzgan missions using M777 A2 howitzers. Royal Australian Regiment Task Group photo by Capt. Jesse Platz
U.S. May Remove All Troops From Afghanistan After 2014 -- Mike Mount, CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is considering the possibility of removing all U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the NATO combat mission officially finishes at the end of 2014, White House officials said Tuesday.
The comments by Ben Rhodes, the White House's deputy national security adviser, come as the Pentagon and White House mull over the number of troops that could be left in Afghanistan after 2014 to fight insurgents and train Afghan security forces.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Obama are scheduled to meet on Friday in Washington.
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Europe's armies use Patriots for Turkey as argument against cuts -- Reuters
Pakistan’s new military doctrine under Indian threats -- Al Arabiya
The Big Russian Navy Exercise of 2013 -- Information Dissemination
U.N. nuclear chief Amano has no rivals for new term -- Reuters
S. Korea to push for quick deployment of long-range ballistic missiles: official -- Yonhap News
Japan plans to raise military budget amid China row -- AFP
Meet China's new-old killer drones -- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy
Powering China’s Military: U.S. battery technology to boost Chinese military, satellites -- Washington Free Beacon
Iraqi military equipment and capability -- Long War Journal
U.S. gives unstable Lebanon 200 armored vehicles -- Reuters
U.S. Has Deployed Half of Patriot Missile Equipment, Troops to Turkey -- Global Security Newswire
Experimental German Lasers Destroy Drones, Simulated Mortars -- Daily Tech
Welcome To The Age Of Star Wars-Style Military Laser Beams -- Business Insider
US Says Drone in Philippines Came From Guam Drill -- Military.com/AP
Counting the Phantom Bomber fleet -- DoD Buzz
Budgets, Possible Upgrades Slow U.S. Army’s Kiowa Helicopter Replacement -- Defense News
Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawks to U.S. Air Force -- Northrop Gruman
Navy uniforms are flammable, and the military knows it -- Pilot Online
U.S. contractor to pay $5.28 million to Abu Ghraib prisoners -- CBS/AP
White House Talks of ‘Eliminating’ Sequester, But is Vague on Timing of Talks -- Defense News
Sec. Donley On The Air Force's Budgetary Balancing Act: EXCLUSIVE -- Aol Deefense
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Introducing the Hagelites -- Kevin Baron and Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy
Little enthusiasm on Capitol Hill for Hagel nomination -- Washington Times
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Panetta Plans Visit to 4 European Allies -- Defense News
Big Surprise: Stanley McChrystal Backs Gun Control -- Bring the heat. Bring the Stupid.
Obama signals the end of military interventions -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
At least 2,043 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- FOX News/AP
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