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                    [Title] => Philippines thanks US for $50-M maritime security aid initiative
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The Philippines’ top diplomat acknowledged the US Senate’s Armed Services Committee for introducing a Maritime Security Initiative in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-14 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1501146 [Title] => McCain: US Navy should ignore China's claims in South China Sea [Summary] =>

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is pressing the Pentagon to sail Navy ships within 12 miles of artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea and claiming as sovereign territory.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-17 09:25:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150918/China-Reclamation-Fiery-Cross-US.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1428228 [Title] => US: China is expanding its South China Sea outposts [Summary] =>

China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its "aggressive" effort to exert sovereignty, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-27 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510042 [AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150228/James-Clapper-Director-of-National-Intelligence.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416939 [Title] => Senators: More US special ops troops may be needed in Yemen [Summary] =>

Two influential senators are calling on President Barack Obama to send more US ground troops to hotspots around the Middle East.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 02:41:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1300811 [Title] => Military: 80 percent of Colombian drugs gets to US [Summary] =>

The U.S. doesn't have the ships and surveillance capabilities to go after the illegal drugs flowing into the U.S. from Latin America, the top military commander for the region told senators Thursday, adding that the lack of resources means he has to "sit and watch it go by."

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-14 07:00:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img801/6035/hha2.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917249 [Title] => General: Many of Ghadafi's weapons unaccounted for [Summary] =>

The chief of the U.S. Africa Command is telling Congress that thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons from the arsenal of deposed Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi remain unaccounted for in Africa and beyond.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-08 03:32:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 782035 [Title] => Admiral:US needed for South China Sea security [Summary] =>

The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Tuesday the American military must be present in the South China Sea to ensure the security of sea lanes crucial to international trade.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-29 10:49:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 672594 [Title] => US extends airstrike role in Libya through Monday [Summary] =>

The U.S. agreed to NATO's request for a 48-hour extension of American participation in coalition airstrikes against targets in Libya and U.S. lawmakers cautioned Sunday the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces before providing them with weapons.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-04 10:08:08 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 618742 [Title] => Senate report slams Afghan security contractors [Summary] =>

Heavy U.S. reliance on private security in Afghanistan has helped to line the pockets of the Taliban because contractors often don't vet local recruits and wind up hiring warlords and thugs, Senate investigators said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-08 06:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 592006 [Title] => Psychology board backs CIA detainees abuse claim [Summary] =>

Psychologists in the United States have been warned by their professional group not to take part in torturing detainees in US custody.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-11 14:30:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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