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Trip Stresses Long-term Support for Afghanistan, Official Says - Department of Defense
A senior administration official speaking on background from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan told reporters in a conference call that US government officials negotiated with their Afghan colleagues for 20 months to hammer out the agreement.
Afghan, NATO Forces Build on Security Progress - Department of Defense
The officials, speaking on background, briefed reporters about the contents of a report delivered to Congress last night quantifying the progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan. The report covers the six-month period ending March 31.
NATO Military Leaders Meet in Brussels - Department of Defense
A senior official, speaking on background, told American Forces Press Service that the meetings produced good dialogue and reflected that the partnership is strong. “NATO is such a strong alliance, and we build on that in forums like this,” the senior ...
Obama Announces Strategy to Counter Atrocities - Department of Defense
The board will help identify and address atrocity threats, and will oversee institutional changes to make the US government “more nimble and effective” is response to such threats, administration officials said. The strategy also increases diplomatic ...
Dempsey Visits Latest Site in Colombia's Terrorism Fight - Department of Defense
The impoverished area is three kilometers from the Venezuela border, which US officials, speaking on background, said is porous and suffers from corruption. The area is a prime shipping point for cocaine and the FARC and other terror groups use the ...
Obama to Visit DMZ During Korean Trip - Department of Defense
The visit has a certain symbolism, said White House officials speaking on background. “The president is the commander in chief, and the US has 28500 troops in South Korea,” an official said. “So it is logical and important to him to have the ...
Officials Offer More Detail on Failed Attack at Bastion - Department of Defense
Other details revealed during the investigation, according to a second official also speaking on background, include information on the vehicle theft. A white Hi-lux sport utility vehicle belonging to British forces at the camp was stolen from a ...
Panetta Visits Kyrgyzstan Defense Officials - Department of Defense
A senior defense official, speaking on background, said the Kyrgyz minister and secretary indicated they are open to discussing options for future cooperation on a range of issues, including the Transit Center at Manas.
North Korea Takes 'Positive First Step' on Nukes, Official Says - Department of Defense
... a senior administration official who spoke on background said President Barack Obama “has been consistent in signaling that we will respond positively if North Korea chooses the path of negotiation, cooperation and denuclearization.
Official Sums Up NATO Defense Meetings - Department of Defense
The ministers' discussions about Afghanistan were positive, and laid the groundwork for the NATO summit set for Chicago in May, the official said, speaking on background. Ministers from International Security Assistance Force troop-contributing nations ...
Pentagon Office to Coordinate New Air-Sea Strategy - Department of Defense
New technologies and capabilities make this threat far more potent than in the past, and advances will likely make it more of a danger, said an official speaking on background. The office grew out of the 2009 Quadrennial Defense Review and seeks to ...
Report Shows Afghanistan Plan is Working - Department of Defense
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2011 – The Defense Department's latest report to Congress on Afghanistan details steady progress and shows the plan there is working, a senior defense official speaking on background told reporters here today. ...
Clinton, Panetta to Meet With Gulf Council Ministers - Department of Defense
22, 2011 – US leaders are committed to maintaining strong relationships with Persian Gulf nations and to bolstering security in the region, senior administration officials said today. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary ...
Afghans Must Address Corruption, Criminal Networks, Mullen Says - Department of Defense
The US military has examined $27.5 billion worth of locally let contracts to ensure that American money is not used by these criminal networks, said a senior western official speaking on background before the chairman's news conference. ...
Extremists Use Iranian Weapons, Iraq Command Spokesman Says - Department of Defense
“When p[explosive ordnance disposal] teams go out and they respond to an explosive event, they collect whatever evidence they find and bring it back,” said a military official at the unit, speaking on background. “We take that evidence and take it ...
Panetta Arrives in Baghdad for Talks with Leaders - Department of Defense
He will also reaffirm that the United States is serious about a long-term relationship with Iraq over a wide swath of issues, including economic, cultural, educational and security, said a senior defense official speaking on background. ...
Transition Key to Success in Afghanistan, Panetta Says - Department of Defense
He is going “to thank them for the jobs they are doing and to assure them that we are going to finish the job in Afghanistan and bring the war to a responsible end,” said a senior defense official speaking on background about the trip. ...
US, Japan May Announce Readjustment in Relocation Timeline - Department of Defense
The officials, speaking on background, would not get ahead of any announcement from what is informally called the 2+2 meeting, but did imply there will be a delay. “It does not take a math prodigy to look at the calendar, look at the original timelines ...
Gates Calls on NATO Allies to Do More in Libya - Department of Defense
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 8, 2011 – NATO is on the road to success in Libya, but the alliance's member nations must do more, a US government official speaking on background said here today. In a conference of the alliance's defense ...
Arctic Report Assesses Defense Role, Future in Region - Department of Defense
The Report to Congress on Arctic Operations and the Northwest Passage, mandated by the fiscal 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, “was true value added” to US policies on the Arctic, a DOD official speaking on background said June 3 when the ...
US, Chinese Leaders Note Progress on Military Ties - Department of Defense
The Chinese did raise issues they are concerned with, including arms sales to Taiwan, a “hyping” of the Chinese military threat and reconnaissance operations off China's coast, said a senior defense official speaking on background. ...
Gates to Reaffirm US Commitments to Asia - Department of Defense
“Obviously, he sees this as a valuable forum to meet with his counterparts, but also to hear from the region and meet with and discuss regional issues,” said a senior defense official, speaking on background. The secretary is scheduled to hold ...
Gates to Reaffirm US Commitments to Asia - Department of Defense
“Obviously, he sees this as a valuable forum to meet with his counterparts, but also to hear from the region and meet with and discuss regional issues,” said a senior defense official, speaking on background. The secretary will hold bilateral talks ...
Intelligence, Secrecy Drove bin Laden Operation - Department of Defense
... but was living comfortably with his family and others in a $1 million compound in Abbottabad, a suburb of the Pakistani capital, Defense Department and CIA officials who spoke on background about the operation at the Pentagon said today. ...
Report: Coalition, Afghans Making 'Tangible Progress' - Department of Defense
“We've wrested away areas the insurgents have had under control for years,” the official said, speaking on background on the Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan. Congress mandates the report. The report covers the past six ...