CIA Director Leon Panetta To Be The Next Secretary Of Defense? -- Yahoo News/The Envoy
As President Barack Obama prepares to defend his military intervention in Libya in a speech at National Defense University Monday night, he is set to lose his cabinet's most important national security heavyweight, holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
In recent farewell visits to Russia, Bahrain, Egypt and Israel, as well as at congressional hearings and Sunday news show appearances, Gates has made little secret of his plans to leave the job in the coming months--Defense officials anticipate a summer departure--nor of his concerns about the United States embarking on another military intervention in the Middle East.
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Combat In Libya Takes Shape -- Ares/Aviation Week
US gunships blast Gaddafi's troops -- ABC Nwes (Australia)
Libyan SA-24 Can't Be Used as MANPADS -- Ares/Aviation Week
NATO Is All Over The Place on Arming Libyan Rebels -- The Danger Room
UK Government Denies Pilot Shortage for Libya No-Fly Zone -- Defense Tech
US forces fire on Libyan vessels: command -- AFP
South Korea to Hold Military Drill on Island Targeted by North Korea Last Year -- FOX News
Canada: Ignatieff vows to re-examine F-35 fighter plane deal -- Natinoal Post
Maid Carrying Soldier’s Pack Sparks Row -- Military.com
US military says troops responded to Tikrit attack -- AFP
Lockheed Martin Rolls Out First Special Operations MC-130J Combat Shadow II -- Lockheed
Navy AEGIS BMD Role Should Lead to Increased SPY-1 Radar Sales -- Defpro
White House decision on U.S. force structure in Europe coming soon -- Stars and Stripes
Rodriguez tapped for fourth star, FORSCOM command -- Stars And Stripes
Libya Airstrikes Make Woodward First Woman to Lead U.S. Air War -- Bloomberg Businessweek
The Women Are Coming -- Strategy Page
New Pentagon Cyber Strategy Complete: Official -- Defense News
Transition from kinetic military strategy to cyber strategy challenging -- Fierce Government IT
Increasing Need for Public-Private Partnerships in Cyber -- DoD Buzz
US Navy to field full-on robot war-jets as soon as 2018 -- The Register
Trident II D5 Missile: Keeping Up with Changing Times -- Defense Industry Daily
Efficiencies Effort Being Harmed By lack of ’11 Funding -- DoD Buzz
New disability evaluation system goes worldwide -- Army Times
Secret X-37B Space Plane Spotted Again by Amateur Skywatchers -- Space.com
The M1911 after a century of service -- Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid
What Not to Sell on eBay: Drones -- The Danger Room
The Limits of Air Power -- Armchair Generalist (commentary)
Actor and Former Navy Brat Lou Diamond Phillips to Host New Military Channel Franchise AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE -- PR Newswire
United States Military Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan – The Latest Numbers -- Home Post/KPBS