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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2196 topstories U.S. Military en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2196 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_military_school_women ap/20091122/us_military_school_women AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:47 GMT AP - Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_military_nurse_trial ap/20091122/us_military_nurse_trial AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:40:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_military_nurse_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.6c3e05c82f6846379643ffb035192f6e.military_nurse_deaths_nyol528.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=bo44Rd3kb_Orte2kC0At9w--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_military_nurse_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.6c3e05c82f6846379643ffb035192f6e.military_nurse_deaths_nyol528.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=bo44Rd3kb_Orte2kC0At9w--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091122/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:58:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.884321dade904ce888e84a062b6d55ab.fort_hood_shooting_ny110.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=BY_F2kEPsfh.tB_qfLPw1A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.884321dade904ce888e84a062b6d55ab.fort_hood_shooting_ny110.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=BY_F2kEPsfh.tB_qfLPw1A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarytrial afp/20091121/iraqusmilitarytrial AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:48:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarytrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258807719039-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=V.n.xyHxF71.Vj3zd7OG6w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Iraqi army soldiers take part in a military training exercise on the outskirts of Basra in August. A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it has been sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarytrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258807719039-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=V.n.xyHxF71.Vj3zd7OG6w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Iraqi army soldiers take part in a military training exercise on the outskirts of Basra in August. A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it has been sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_senate ap/20091121/us_fort_hood_senate AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:35:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.229b3018dbcc4b289ef820d8e2beee53.fort_hood_senate_ny112.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=CIN5QTkNcMo2xyiRrJfmTw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.229b3018dbcc4b289ef820d8e2beee53.fort_hood_senate_ny112.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=CIN5QTkNcMo2xyiRrJfmTw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_afghan_us_deaths ap/20091121/us_afghan_us_deaths AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:05:25 GMT AP - As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_military_commissions ap/20091121/us_military_commissions AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:37:56 GMT AP - Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat nm/20091120/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:44 GMT Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/usgaysmilitarysenate afp/20091120/usgaysmilitarysenate AFP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/usgaysmilitarysenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258751394053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OtLrG_xW2KkWvAUV7Vl77g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Demonstrators wave flags and banners in Washington on October 2009 as gay activists marched to demand civil rights. A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday.(AFP/File/Maria Belen Perez Gabilondo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/usgaysmilitarysenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258751394053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OtLrG_xW2KkWvAUV7Vl77g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators wave flags and banners in Washington on October 2009 as gay activists marched to demand civil rights. A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday.(AFP/File/Maria Belen Perez Gabilondo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd ap/20091120/us_med_predicting_ptsd AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.f244f3d713b249adb07d1a244c6819ab.predicting_ptsd_ny307.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=GCFvvbwqRYe1LYg0MFB9nA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_predicting_ptsd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.f244f3d713b249adb07d1a244c6819ab.predicting_ptsd_ny307.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=GCFvvbwqRYe1LYg0MFB9nA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Sept. 29, 2009 photo shows U.S. Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets, of Newark, Del., sitting in an eye blink study room with sensors attached to his face while taking psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The U.S. government is testing hundreds of Marines and soldiers before they ship out, in search of clues that might help predict who is most susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_military_academies_minorities ap/20091120/us_military_academies_minorities AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_military_academies_minorities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.88e7671e893f48878eefede4b2f111d9.military_academies_minorities_ba106.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=1apYxGDyh6ll6fPVSOGadw--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Air Force Junior ROTC cadets salute while practicing drills, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Baltimore. Members of Congress who have made the fewest nominations to the nation's three major military academies represent districts with large minority populations, at a time when the schools are trying to increase diversity, an Associated Press review has found. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)" border="0" /></a>AP - As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_military_academies_minorities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.88e7671e893f48878eefede4b2f111d9.military_academies_minorities_ba106.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=1apYxGDyh6ll6fPVSOGadw--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Air Force Junior ROTC cadets salute while practicing drills, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Baltimore. Members of Congress who have made the fewest nominations to the nation's three major military academies represent districts with large minority populations, at a time when the schools are trying to increase diversity, an Associated Press review has found. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_military_academies_glance ap/20091120/us_military_academies_glance AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:02 GMT AP - A list of congressional districts with the fewest military academy nominations for the classes of 2009 to 2013, the officeholders and the total nominations they have made. All 20 are Democrats from districts where whites make up less than half the population, and all but two of the districts include major urban areas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarypolitics afp/20091120/usshootingcrimemilitarypolitics AFP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:57:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258650665708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uBfU3f25lRrI6zv81s62RA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. A former White House security adviser has alleged the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of the Texas military base attack may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A former White House security adviser has alleged that the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at a Texas military base may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258650665708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uBfU3f25lRrI6zv81s62RA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. A former White House security adviser has alleged the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of the Texas military base attack may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama ap/20091120/us_obama AP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ac5a684c0db44d288736a50ed15ca700.obama_mdco101.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_iz9CN02v1XQbGzldVnZyg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ac5a684c0db44d288736a50ed15ca700.obama_mdco101.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=_iz9CN02v1XQbGzldVnZyg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/uspoliticspalinmilitarymedia afp/20091120/uspoliticspalinmilitarymedia AFP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:59:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/uspoliticspalinmilitarymedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258678738057-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MBlgBK2ySVcD8POlK88X9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin, pictured on November 18, at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/uspoliticspalinmilitarymedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258678738057-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MBlgBK2ySVcD8POlK88X9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin, pictured on November 18, at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_troops_missing_health_info ap/20091119/us_troops_missing_health_info AP politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:29:06 GMT AP - Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_fort_hood_investigation ap/20091119/us_fort_hood_investigation AP politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_fort_hood_investigation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.bd0e1d5ce8fd4655bdf08624e1b8a4fa.fort_hood_investigation_dckw115.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bwCEjZYDzA3XiSfHR3zfEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, to discuss the Fort Hood shootings. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)" border="0" /></a>AP - Trying to avert another tragedy like the Fort Hood shootings, Defense Secretary Robert Gates named a former Army secretary and former Navy chief to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_fort_hood_investigation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.bd0e1d5ce8fd4655bdf08624e1b8a4fa.fort_hood_investigation_dckw115.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bwCEjZYDzA3XiSfHR3zfEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, to discuss the Fort Hood shootings. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/usmilitarycrimeshootingreview afp/20091119/usmilitarycrimeshootingreview AFP politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/usmilitarycrimeshootingreview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258666554619-2-0.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=qJySt5XEmw.NuVlDtXIl3A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates holds a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates announced Thursday a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a "tragedy" never happens again.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained "vulnerable" to similar assaults.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/usmilitarycrimeshootingreview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258666554619-2-0.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=qJySt5XEmw.NuVlDtXIl3A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates holds a press conference in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Washington, DC speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood. Gates announced Thursday a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a "tragedy" never happens again.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/wl_nm/us_germany_afghanistan nm/20091119/us_germany_afghanistan Reuters world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:49:55 GMT Reuters - Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on Thursday held out the possibility of sending more troops to the stalled, eight-year-old war after a review early next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/pl_nm/us_arms_usa_budget nm/20091119/us_arms_usa_budget Reuters politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29:42 GMT Reuters - U.S. defense spending in coming years must rise roughly 6 percent on average from the record sum sought by President Barack Obama this year just to meet current plans, Congress's budget office said Wednesday.