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Tag Archives: Robert Gates
Donley admonishes former Chief of Staff Moseley
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has issued a letter of admonishment to former Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley for receiving gifts and socializing with company officials bidding for an Air Force contract.Donley disciplined the retired four-star general on … Continue reading
Congress urged to block Tricare fee increases
A Tricare fee increase announced last week may be blocked by Congress after two influential military officers groups accused the Defense Department of reneging on a promise of a one-year moratorium on any increases in out-of-pocket patient costs.The associations take … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, defense authorization bill, Rear Adm. Paul Kayye, Robert Gates, Ryan, Tricare, Vice Adm. Norbert Ryan Jr.
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Congress urged to block Tricare fee increases
A Tricare fee increase announced last week may be blocked by Congress after two influential military officers groups accused the Defense Department of reneging on a promise of a one-year moratorium on any increases in out-of-pocket patient costs.The associations take … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, defense authorization bill, Rear Adm. Paul Kayye, Robert Gates, Ryan, Tricare, Vice Adm. Norbert Ryan Jr.
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Tricare hospitalization fees go up Oct. 1
Fees for hospitalization under the military’s Tricare health plan are increasing on Thursday, the start of the new fiscal year, Tricare Management Activity officials announced Wednesday.For active-duty families, the cost of using Tricare Standard or Tricare Extra will add less … Continue reading
Tricare hospitalization fees go up Oct. 1
Fees for hospitalization under the military’s Tricare health plan are increasing on Thursday, the start of the new fiscal year, Tricare Management Activity officials announced Wednesday.For active-duty families, the cost of using Tricare Standard or Tricare Extra will add less … Continue reading
Tanker mistakes won’t be repeated, officials say
The company that builds the Air Force’s next tanker, the KC-X, will be determined by numbers, not opinions, Air Force and Defense Department officials are stressing.Top leaders for both the service and the Pentagon made it clear to both reporters … Continue reading
Chief: KC-X process is high stakes for service
The Air Force fully understands the significance of getting back the right to pick which company will replace its aging refueling tanker fleet, the service’s top uniformed leader assured defense experts and industry leaders Monday night.Chief of Staff Gen. Norton … Continue reading
Analysis: Obama faces key choice on Afghan war
WASHINGTON — Escalate or scale back. The blunt conclusion laid out by the top American commander in Afghanistan — “The status quo will lead to failure” — poses a stark and urgent choice for President Barack Obama: intensify the foundering … Continue reading
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Tagged advance justice, Afghanistan, Anthony Cordesman, Gen. David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Iraq, Kabul, London, Obama, Robert Gates, U.S., Washington
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Living MoH recipient possible, Gates says
No living service member has been awarded the Medal of Honor during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.That could finally be changing.On the same day that President Barack Obama presented a posthumous Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. 1st Class … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, army sgt, Calif., Honor, Iraq, Jared Monti, President Bush, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Robert Gates, Vietnam
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Obama sharply alters missile defense plans
In a major policy reversal, President Barack Obama has scuttled plans to build a massive ground-based missile defense system based in the Czech Republic and Poland that the Bush administration intended to counter the threat posed by Iranian ballistic missiles.Instead, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, ballistic missile threats, Calif., Czech Republic, Europe, Fort Greely, Gen. James Cartwright, Iran, missile, Poland, President George W, Robert Gates, Russia, South Korea, U.S.
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