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                    [ArticleID] => 1395713
                    [Title] => Woman tops US defense chief shortlist
                    [Summary] => 

Michele Flournoy, formerly the Pentagon's policy chief and among President Barack Obama's more hawkish advisers, could be in line to become the first woman to lead the U.S. military after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's resignation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-25 09:55:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1180425 [AuthorName] => Bradley Klapper [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141125/chuck-hagel-successor-Michele-Flournoy.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1295743 [Title] => ‘Shrink’ US Army to pre-WW II level? [Summary] =>

Last Monday the Pentagon submitted its $496-billion budget for 2015 which, among others, would start to “shrink” the US Army from 570,000 to 450,000 troops by 2019. That would be the army’s smallest size since 1940, before its massive build-up to a 6-million force mobilized against Nazi Germany and Japan during World War II.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241630 [Title] => ‘Cancellation of Obama’s visit won’t affect US pivot to Asia’ [Summary] =>

The cancellation of United States President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia would not affect Washington’s pivot to the region, former American security officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5954/7qif.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241466 [Title] => 'Obama will reschedule visit to Philippines' [Summary] =>

The cancellation of US President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia would not affect Washington’s pivot to the region, former American security officials said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-04 17:06:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/200/9kv8.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241455 [Title] => US, Japan to deploy new radar, drones in next year [Summary] =>

The United States and Japan moved Thursday to modernize and expand their defense alliance to counter new challenges, including a nuclear-armed North Korea and potential aggression from China over disputed territory.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-04 14:56:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468692 [AuthorName] => Lolita Baldor and Matthew Lee [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5061/jl7c.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1086831 [Title] => Militants protest in front of Camp Aguinaldo over US troops access [Summary] =>

 Militant groups on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the military’s main headquarters to decry the plan to grant the United States (US) wider access to Philippine bases.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-13 19:31:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 922429 [Title] => US: Asian sea lanes should be kept open [Summary] =>

The United States (US) on Thursday urged China and other claimants in the West Philippine Sea row to “act in a responsible manner” and to craft a code of conduct that would govern stakeholders in the area.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-21 18:17:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2441/senkakuthumb.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 921621 [Title] => US-Phl agree on close defense cooperation [Summary] =>

The Philippines and the US on Tuesday agreed to conduct “frequent and energized consultations” to boost defense ties in a meeting that also tackled the rebalancing of Washington’s forces in the Pacific.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-19 18:43:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 912635 [Title] => No gloom-and-doom scenario for US sequestration [Summary] =>

The sweeping US budget cuts slated to kick in on Mar. 1 will have some negative impact, but the gloom-and-doom scenarios painted by both sides of the political divide are unlikely to come to pass, experts said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-24 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 907014 [Title] => Malugod na suporta K KA LANG? [Summary] =>

DALAWANG bansa ang nagpahiwatig na ng suporta sa Pilipinas kaugnay sa pag-angat ng reklamo sa United Nations sa ilalim ng United Nations Convetion on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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