http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/asia/16afghan.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all U.S. Is Reining In Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ROD NORDLAND Published: March 15, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued… Read more »
China strikes back with report on U.S. human rights record
China has issued a report on U.S. human rights record. Here’s a relevant excerpt followed by the full article. There’s links at the bottom of the article to the full text of the human rights report and China’s own human rights plan. Here’s an excerpt from the report: VI. On U.S. Violations of Human Rights… Read more »
Inouye should heed wind shift on earmarks
http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20100315_inouye_should_heed_wind_shift_on_earmarks.html EDITORIAL Inouye should heed wind shift on earmarks POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 15, 2010 Members of Congress use earmarks to spend federal dollars on projects in their home states, and no one is more deft in doing so than Sen. Daniel Inouye. At some point, Inouye should prepare to accept guidelines issued by… Read more »
Ex-military man shoots neighbor in noise dispute
A friend who lives near this shooting incident said that the shooter was a retired military man. He stared blankly after the shooting as police handcuffed him. >><< http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010303160014 Updated at 8:12 a.m., Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Man arrested following Mililani shooting By Curtis Lum Advertiser Staff Writer A 54-year-old Mililani man faces multiple attempted… Read more »
‘Close the Base’: a new website for solidarity with Okinawa
Close the Base is a new website for U.S. solidarity with the anti-bases struggle in Okinawa. Here’s an excerpt from their site: We support the unconditional closure of the U.S. Marine Corps base at Futenma and oppose the construction of other U.S. bases in Okinawa. The Network for Okinawa (NO) is a grassroots network that… Read more »
Cental Asia Pipeline Plan Begins to Emerge
Today Bruce Gagnon proposed the following theory about the real motives for a massive new Marine base in a remote part of Afghanistan – construction of an oil pipeline. >><< CENTRAL ASIA PIPELINE PLAN BEGINS TO EMERGE The Washington Post today introduces us this morning to a controversy over Afghanistan war strategy. The Post reports… Read more »
Clarify Futenma’s military role
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/rc20100314a1.html Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010 READERS IN COUNCIL Clarify Futenma’s military role By TONY DAVIES Tokyo The March 7 article “Emotionalized debate blurs valuable functions of Futenma,” by Dan Melton and Robert D. Eldridge [see below], characterized my statement that the U.S. Marine Corp Air Station at Futenma, Okinawa, “has not been operational since the… Read more »
Isle Army recruitment trend mirrors nationwide upswing
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100314_Isle_Army_recruitment_trend_mirrors_nationwide_upswing.html Isle Army recruitment trend mirrors nationwide upswing The poor economy is downplayed as a factor for enlistment gains By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 14, 2010 For Army recruiters the numbers are up. “Last year was a banner year for us,” says Maj. Gen. Donald Campbell, head of the U.S. Army… Read more »
New Earmark Rules Have Lobbyists Scrambling
Here is more from the New York Times on the proposed ban on earmarks to for-profit corporations. In the article Daniel Inouye touts the development of the Predator killer drone as an example of a ‘successful’ earmark: As one example, supporters pointed to the earmarking of tens of millions of dollars in the 1990s to… Read more »
National Priorities Project to hold webinar on FY2011 President’s budget
The National Priorities Project is sponsoring a webinar on the FY2011 President’s budget. Here’s some info and a link: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/webinars/out-of-balance Out of Balance, is the first webinar in our 2010 Data for Democracy series. Out of Balance will build participants’ capacity to analyze the forthcoming FY2011 President’s budget, released February 1. Facilitated by Greg Speeter… Read more »
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