* General David Petraeus wins unanimous Senate confirmation to replace Leon Panetta as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. * The Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association calls for increased investment in research and development so that...
* In his last interview before stepping down as US Defense Secretary, Robert Gates says that military spending is not the main cause of the United States’ $1.4 trillion budget deficit. * The Government Accountability Office (GAO) publishes its report Further...
* The Dutch Defense Minister, Hans Hillen, replicates outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and uses a Security and Defence Agenda event to call for a greater pooling of resources among NATO’s European partners. * President Barack Obama tells a press...
* The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes a measure that authorizes President Obama to conduct a ‘limited’ military engagement in Libya. Note that the committee can’t actually authorize any such thing, but it can set up a full Senate vote. * In...
* At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Obama’s unilateral decision to engage US forces in Libya, State Department Advisor Harold Koh stated that Congressional approval was not required due to the ‘limited’ nature of military...
