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Pakistan's New Army Chief Takes Command General Qamar Javed Bajwa has taken command of Pakistans army, the sixth-largest in the world. The official change of command ceremony took place earlier this week near the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. T
By Barbara Dash Broacast: December 22, 2003 (THEME) ANNOUNCER: People in America -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Every week at this time, we tell the story of a man or a woman
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 29, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. Many people have watched a dispute over the placement of a stone marker in the America
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 28 November 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has stepped down as chief of the army in a ceremony transferring power to his hand-picked successor, General Ashfaq Kayani. On Thursday, Mr. Musharraf is scheduled to t
By Suzanne Presto Irbil 17 May 2008 Iraq's prime minister returned to the nation's capital Saturday after spending several days in Mosul overseeing a military operation against militants currently under way there. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports from th
AS IT IS 2016-05-14 First US Woman to Lead Combatant Command The first woman to lead one of the largest U.S. military commands officially began the job on Friday. Air Force General Lori Robinson is the new head of the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
The U.S. military is reviving a naval command for the Latin America and the Caribbean region, which has not been active since World War II. Officials say the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet does not change the Navy's mission in the area. But VO
The U.S. Defense Department is in the final stages of creating a new military command to defend against attacks on the nation's military computer systems. We report from the Pentagon on plans for U.S. Cyber Command. Deputy Secretary of Defense Willi
On August 9, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the elimination of a major U.S. combat command as a cost-cutting measure. The Joint Forces Command employs about 6,000 people around (the US southern city of) Norfolk, Virginia. People who li
The top general from the U.S. military's Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, said on Friday that the rise of radical Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Somalia makes East Africa a central focus of the U.S. military on the continent. Gen. William War
Chapter 1 - Reflections on the campaign of 1812 Napoleon began the war with Russia because he could not resist going to Dresden, could not help having his head turned by the homage he received, could not help donning a Polish uniform and yielding to
By Al Pessin Washington 03 May 2007 The U.S. military officer responsible for building the new command for Africa says it will not have its own contingent of combat troops, as other U.S. regional commands do. In a VOA interview, said the creation of
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 03 October 2006 Heavy smoke billows from a burning armored vehicle of a Canadian military convoy after a suicide bomber rammed into the convoy in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2006 NATO has confirmed plans to assume milit
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 February 2007 The Bush administration has announced the creation of a new U.S. military command for Africa by September of next year. The long-anticipated move will consolidate responsibility for U.S. military activities on t
By Al Pessin Tampa, Florida 17 March 2007 Admiral William Fallon (left) and General John Abizaid at change of command ceremony A U.S. Navy admiral took command Friday of the part of the U.S. military that is fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 February 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has announced that the U.S. military will create a new command for Africa. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon officials say the command is to be established by Septemb
By Kari Barber Dakar, Ougadougou 14 November 2007 On a stop in Burkina Faso, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte talked about U.S. plans for a new military command for Africa. The command has been controversial on the continent where some
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 03 June 2008 The U.S. general who led allied ground forces in the invasion of Iraq has taken command of NATO troops in Afghanistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports General David McKiernan takes charge as commanders in Afghan
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 11 April 2008 The head of the new U.S. military command for Africa says the United States has no plans to move its headquarters to an African location once it becomes a full-fledged command in October. U.S. Army General William
You always pull this From your bag of tricks You toss a tear on your cheek Just to see what sticks Dashboard light reads midnight You don't want me to go The house is dark, you're falling apart And you hate to be alone But I don't get it What's wrong