US, Japan at odds over air base By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy Posted Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:11am AEDT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/26/2723915.htm?section=world Japan’s new centre-left government is finding itself squeezed between the Obama administration and the people of the southern islands of Okinawa. At the heart of the row is a US air base which the… Read more »
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U.S. – Japan disagree about bases in Okinawa
There are interesting developments in Japan over the fate of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. The new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has made moves to revise the mutual security alliance and change plans to relocate a U.S. Marine base within Okinawa. Okinawans have strongly opposed the new base in the Henoko area. The new… Read more »
US Announces Military Base in Romania to Become “Permanent”
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/23/us-announces-military-base-in-romania-to-become-permanent/ US Announces Military Base in Romania to Become “Permanent” Enduring US Presence at Site Used in Iraq Invasion, CIA Renditions by Jason Ditz, October 23, 2009 In an announcement today which likely surprised no one, the US army announced that the military base just northwest of the Black Sea Port City of Constanta, Romania… Read more »
New Pacific Air Force Commander awaits F-22s
The F-22 program was one of the expensive and wasteful projects that the Pentagon and the Obama administration wanted scrapped. So why are these planes still coming to Hawai’i? According to a leading analyst of defense spending, Senator Inouye has employed legislative tricks to “breath life back into the F-22”. In 2007, twelve F-22s left… Read more »
Inouye backs expanding the U.S. war in Afghanistan
People need to remember this when Senator Inouye tries to paint his record as anti-war. >><< Posted on: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Hawaii’s Sen. Inouye sides with McChrystal on Afghanistan By JOHN YAUKEY Advertiser Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, just back from Afghanistan and Pakistan, said yesterday that he backs the… Read more »
Will the new bases in Panama be U.S. or Panamanian bases? It makes no difference.
According to the blog post below, the Panamanian government quickly clarified that the new planned navy bases were Panamanian bases, not U.S. bases. But this makes no difference. The base in Manta, Ecuador was also an Ecuadorian base, but the U.S. had agreements to utilize the base. This is consistent with the new basing strategy… Read more »
Panama agrees to host two U.S. naval bases
http://en.rian.ru/world/20090928/156270170.html Panama agrees to host two U.S. naval bases 02:0328/09/2009 MEXICO, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – Panama will sign before October 2009 a treaty with the United States on the opening of two U.S. naval bases on its territory, a senior Panamanian government official said on Sunday. According to Panama’s La Prensa newspaper, a preliminary… Read more »
Inouye ‘supports troops’ by raiding their training budget
Sen. Inouye wrote an Op Ed piece on defending the Stryker Brigade in Hawai’i for the Honolulu Advertiser on 12/17/06. He wrote: I have and will continue to do everything I can to support our troops. This issue on the Stryker brigade should not be a referendum on the Iraq war… Today, less than 1… Read more »
Gun dealer indicted for tax fraud
From the Pacific Business News: “According to the indictment, Ong, 51, failed to report income he earned from selling firearms to federal, state, county and military agencies as well as the public.” >><< http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/10/05/daily40.html Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Feds indict Honolulu gun dealer on tax charges Pacific Business News (Honolulu) A federal grand jury has… Read more »
Inouye earmarks under attack
Source: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091004/NEWS21/910040367/Hawaii+s+Sen.+Inouye+defends+earmarks+for+his+home+state Posted on: Sunday, October 4, 2009 Hawaii’s Sen. Inouye defends earmarks for his home state Appropriations chairman criticized for steering millions toward Hawaii By John Yaukey Advertiser Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Seniority has its privileges. But it comes with burdens as well. Sen. Daniel Inouye, new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, can… Read more »
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